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From the ECS State Policy Database
2010 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2010. 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
- 21st Century Skills
MDSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Postsec.
Establishes the P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland
S.B. 286
Establishes the Governor's P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland (the Council), a partnership among the state, educators, and the business com...

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NEAdopted 01/2010P-12Quality Indicators Related to State System of Accreditation
Title 92, NAC Chapter 10 - Multiple Provisions
Adds quality indicators to major provisions. For example, 004.01 K-12 Curriculum. Quality Indicator: The curriculum is comprehensive, coordi...

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- Accountability
CAVetoed 08/2010P-12Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Quality Education Investment Act
S.B. 1191
Requires that, in the report evaluating the effectiveness of the Quality Education Investment Act of 2006, the department identify the strat...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Impact Aid
H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Requires school districts receiving impact aid to establish an Impact Aid Fund and separately account for impact aid monies received and pro...

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NJSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.
Community College
New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act of 2009
S.B. 920
Meant to ease restrictions on public-private partnerships between higher education institutions and private entities, encouraging flexibilit...

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MDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Race to the Top Legislation - Innovative School Scheduling Models
H.B. 439
Requires the state board of education to explore the use of innovative school scheduling models, including extended year, year-round schooli...

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MSSigned into law 04/2010P-12New Start School
S.B. 2293
Creates a New Start School Program. Requires a New Start School to be established in each public school that is considered failing. Provides...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12Dropout Prevention
S.B. 6403
Regarding accountability and support for vulnerable students and dropouts. Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, ...

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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Reporting on Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment
H.B. 566
Requires each local school board to include in its annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who passed Virginia's Work...

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WASigned into law 02/2010P-12Private Schools
H.B. 2996
Includes approved private schools in the Superintendent of Public Instruction's record check information rules. Chapter 100
http://apps.leg....

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Underperforming or Chronically Underperforming Schools
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Repeals and replaces existing policies relating to Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to designate a school as underperformi...

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- Accountability--Accreditation
MOSigned into law 06/2010P-12Accreditation
H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions
In fiscal years 2011 through 2013, the Department of Education cannot penalize a school district on its accreditation review for failing to ...

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MSSigned into law 04/2010P-12Schools At Risk
H.B. 1097
Requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain schools not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards. R...

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IASigned into law 03/2010P-12Deaccreditation of Districts and/or Nonpublic Schools
S.B. 2289
Allows for the deaccreditation of districts or nonpublic schools. Allows the director of the department of education to order the positive f...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Delaying Implementation of Certain Statutes
H.B. 111/S.B. 352
Relates to delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations upon which accreditation is based, with the exception of the graduatio...

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- Accountability--Measures/Indicators
CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Including Primary Language Assessment in State Assessment/Accountability System
S.B. 930
From bill summary: Requires that any primary language assessment developed by the department and administered to limited English proficient ...

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CAVetoed 08/2010P-12Determining Graduation Rates in Lowest-Achieving Schools
A.B. 2083
Existing law provides that persistently lowest-achieving schools include a high school with a graduation rate below 60% in each of the last ...

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TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1051, 1053, 1055, 1057, 1059, 1061, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1069, 1071, 1073
Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register.
97.1051: Amends defini...

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TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System
19 TAC 97.1005
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes an amendment to s.97.1005, concerning accountability and performance monitoring. The section descr...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Exclusion of Student Data in School Accountability
S.B. 112
Prohibits inclusion of performance data related to students educated in office of juvenile residential centers, justice detention centers, o...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12School/District Performance Letter Grades
H.B. 925
In addition to any other performance-related labels or designations assigned to schools and districts, the State Board of Elementary and Sec...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12School Achievement Profiles
S.B. 1286
Relates to school and school district accountability. Changes the classifications used for school achievement profiles and specifies the dat...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12Academic Performance Index and Student Growth Measurements
S.B. 1E - Section 7
By January 2011, directs the superintendent and state board, in consultation with the advisory committee established through 52052.5(a), to ...

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NEAdopted 01/2010P-12Quality Indicators Related to State System of Accreditation
Title 92, NAC Chapter 10 - Multiple Provisions
Adds quality indicators to major provisions. For example, 004.01 K-12 Curriculum. Quality Indicator: The curriculum is comprehensive, coordi...

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- Accountability--Reporting Results
NYSigned into law 08/2010P-12Comparing Apples to Apples in School Violence Reporting
A.B. 11566 - Section 4
Amends provisions related to reporting violence and disruptive incidents in public schools. Repeals provision requiring commissioner to iden...

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TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System
19 TAC 97.1005
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes an amendment to s.97.1005, concerning accountability and performance monitoring. The section descr...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12High School Graduation/Droput Data
S.B. 753
Requires each local public school system to post the four-year cohort graduation rate for each high school and for the system as a whole on ...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12School/District Performance Letter Grades
H.B. 925
In addition to any other performance-related labels or designations assigned to schools and districts, the State Board of Elementary and Sec...

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OHSigned into law 06/2010P-12Student Health
S.B. 210, Part I
Establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council. Directs the council to:
(1) Monitor progress in improving student health and ...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12School District Transparency Act
S.B. 1633
Creates the school district transparency act; requires school district expenditure information be made available on state department of educ...

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IDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Fiscal Accountability
H.B. 699
The purpose of this legislation is to provide public transparency for the spending of Idaho's public
school districts and other education pr...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Report to Include Programs Offered in Detention Facilities
S.B. 2198
Requires the Commissioner of Education to include a description of short and long-term educational programs that are
offered to juveniles in...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12State Reporting of Class Size and Charter School Funding
S.B. 56
Modifies the state superintendent's annual report of the public school system by: (1) requiring reporting of data on average class sizes cal...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Money-Saving Measures
H.B. 166
Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Workplace Readiness Skills
S.B. 630
Requires each local school board to include in its annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who passed the state Workp...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12Public Reporting
S.B. 6604
Relates to school finance; provides that school districts must comply with building energy requirements only to the extent funds are availab...

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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Reporting on Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment
H.B. 566
Requires each local school board to include in its annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who passed Virginia's Work...

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- Accountability--Rewards
FLSigned into law 07/2010P-12Repeals Secondary School Improvement Award Program
HB 7037 - Sec 25
Repeals Subsection (5) of section 1003.413, which directed the commissioner of education to implement the Secondary School Improvement Award...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Rewards for Performance
H.B. 2302
Relates to the Academic Achievement Award program; modifyies number of awards granted under the program and adds or specifies award levels;...

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TXAdopted 06/2010P-12District Awards for Teacher Excellence
19 TAC 102.1073
Establishes procedures and adopts guidelines for the administration of awards for teacher excellence. Incorporates statutory changes resulti...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12Accountability
S.B. 6696
Creates a coherent and effective accountability framework for improvement for all schools and districts to provide an excellent and equitabl...

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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Recognizing and Reqwarding Significant Progress
S.B. 145/H.B. 1172
Codifies a current recognition program for schools and local school divisions that recognizes and rewards fully accredited schools and schoo...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12Race to the Top
S.B. 1E - Section 8
Adds Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 53100) to the Education Code. Numbers below relate to new section numbers.

53100: For purposes of...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
CAAdopted 09/2010P-12Parent Empowerment
5 CA ADC 4800, 4801, 4802, 4803, 4804, 4805, 4806, 4807
Adopts emergency regulations to implement Senate Bill 4, Chapter 3, 5th Extraordinary Session of 2010. This Senate Bill and these emergency ...

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TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1051, 1053, 1055, 1057, 1059, 1061, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1069, 1071, 1073
Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register.
97.1051: Amends defini...

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OKSigned by Governor 06/2010P-12Improvement Plans
S.B. 1617
Amends law to require each school district identified as in need of improvement for four years to submit a plan for compliance with this sec...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Four Intervention Models
S.B. 2033
This section of S.B. 2033 establishes and defines four intervention models, one of which a school identified as being among the persistently...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12School Governance Council
S.B. 438 - Sec. 21
Permits the local/regional board of education for a school that has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant or designated as a lo...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Monitoring of Reconstituted Schools
S.B. 438 - Sec. 22
Requires the department of education to monitor, within available appropriations, those schools that have reconstituted (See section 21 of t...

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NYSigned into law 05/2010P-12School Takeovers by Educational Partnership Organizations
A.B. 11171, Section 6
From "Summary of Specific Provisions" on Assembly Web site:

Section 6 of this bill would add a new S21l-e to the Education Law to authoriz...

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OKSigned into law 05/2010P-12
S.B. 509
Authorizes a district board of education for a district with an average daily membership of more than 30,000 which implements an alternative...

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MSSigned into law 04/2010P-12Schools At Risk
H.B. 1097
Requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain schools not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards. R...

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MSSigned into law 04/2010P-12New Start School
S.B. 2293
Creates a New Start School Program. Requires a New Start School to be established in each public school that is considered failing. Provides...

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WISigned into law 04/2010P-12Act 215 - Multiple Provisions
S.B. 437
Act 215. For a district in need of improvement for 4 consecutive years, new section requires district boards to take certain actions (additi...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12Accountability
S.B. 6696
Creates a coherent and effective accountability framework for improvement for all schools and districts to provide an excellent and equitabl...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12Race to the Top
S.B. 1E - Section 8
Adds Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 53100) to the Education Code. Numbers below relate to new section numbers.

53100: For purposes of...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12Parent Empowerment
S.B. 4E - Parent Empowerment
Creates new sections 53300 and ff. of the Education Code, establishing new "Parent Empowerment" section. Provides that for any school not id...

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KYSigned into law 01/2010P-12Interventions for Persistently Low-Achieving Schools and Advanced Placement
H.B. 176
Amends accountability provisions in KRS 160.346. Defines "persistently low-achieving school". Defines "school intervention" as a process cho...

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KYEmergency Rule Adoption 01/2010P-12Low-Achieving Schools
703 KAR 5:180
Establishes the processes to be followed during a school leadership assessment and district leadership assessment after a school is identifi...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Underperforming or Chronically Underperforming Schools
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Repeals and replaces existing policies relating to Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to designate a school as underperformi...

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MISigned into law 01/2010P-12Reform Failing Schools
H.B. 4787 - Sec. 1280c
Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Beginning in 2010, not later than September 1 of each year, the state superintendent is requ...

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TNSigned into law 01/2010P-12Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010 - Multiple Provisions
S.B. 7005A - H.B. 7010A
Enacts the Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010. From fiscal note: Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to move any public
school or l...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
KYSigned into law 01/2010P-12Interventions for Persistently Low-Achieving Schools and Advanced Placement
H.B. 176
Amends accountability provisions in KRS 160.346. Defines "persistently low-achieving school". Defines "school intervention" as a process cho...

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KYEmergency Rule Adoption 01/2010P-12Low-Achieving Schools
703 KAR 5:180
Establishes the processes to be followed during a school leadership assessment and district leadership assessment after a school is identifi...

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- Accountability--School Improvement
AKAdopted 07/2010P-12School Improvement Grants
4 AAC 06.835, 882
The Department of Education & Early Development proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 4 of the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06....

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NVAdopted 07/2010P-12Corrective Actions for Schools
NAC 385
Establishes provisions relating to corrective actions for schools
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-385.html#NAC385Sec558...

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TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1051, 1053, 1055, 1057, 1059, 1061, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1069, 1071, 1073
Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register.
97.1051: Amends defini...

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OKSigned by Governor 06/2010P-12Improvement Plans
S.B. 1617
Amends law to require each school district identified as in need of improvement for four years to submit a plan for compliance with this sec...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Research-Based Approaches for Low-Performing High Schools
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-326, 328 and 329
20-2-326 defines:
--"Career academy" as (1) a specialized charter school established by a partnership between one or more local boards of ed...

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MSSigned into law 04/2010P-12Schools At Risk
H.B. 1097
Requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain schools not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards. R...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12Race to the Top
S.B. 1E - Section 8
Adds Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 53100) to the Education Code. Numbers below relate to new section numbers.

53100: For purposes of...

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IASigned into law 01/2010P-12Race to the Top Initiative
S.B. 2033
Excerpts from the fiscal note: modifies Iowa Code to meet the requirements of the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) initiative. . . [e]nactment...

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KYSigned into law 01/2010P-12Interventions for Persistently Low-Achieving Schools and Advanced Placement
H.B. 176
Amends accountability provisions in KRS 160.346. Defines "persistently low-achieving school". Defines "school intervention" as a process cho...

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KYEmergency Rule Adoption 01/2010P-12Low-Achieving Schools
703 KAR 5:180
Establishes the processes to be followed during a school leadership assessment and district leadership assessment after a school is identifi...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Underperforming or Chronically Underperforming Schools
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Repeals and replaces existing policies relating to Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to designate a school as underperformi...

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TNSigned into law 01/2010P-12Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010 - Multiple Provisions
S.B. 7005A - H.B. 7010A
Enacts the Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010. From fiscal note: Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to move any public
school or l...

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- Adult Basic Education
CASigned into law 07/2010P-12Adult Education Teaching Credentials
A.B. 1374
Adds Section 44251.2, which provides that a credential, permit, certificate or other document that is lawfully issued by the Commission on T...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Adult Education
S.B. 297
Eliminates the division of adult and community education within the Dept. of Education and transfers the responsibility for adult education ...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12
Community College
Adult Education Programs
H.B. 1055
Students who are 16 to 18 years old and are enrolled in an adult education program shall be considered to be in compliance with the school a...

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TXAdopted 06/2010P-12Adult Basic and Secondary Education
19 TAC 89.21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Primarily from Texas Register:
Amends provisions to accommodate the 2009 General Appropriations Act (SB 1), which requires that a new fundi...

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NHRule Adoption 02/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Adult Education
Ed 700
 Allows students enrolled in day high school programs to enroll in adult high school programs. Increases the number of credits needed for gr...

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NJSigned into law 01/2010Postsec.
Community College
Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth Act
A.B. 4325
Dedicates a percentage of funds from the Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skills to the State Community College Consortium for Workforc...

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NJSigned into law 01/2010Postsec.
Community College
NJ PLACE Program
A.B. 4327
Establishes NJ PLACE program to facilitate college credit for registered apprenticeship programs.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A4...

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- Assessment
CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Evaluation of STAR Assessment Program
A.B. 391
Requires the superintendent of public instruction, by April 1, 2011, to contract for an independent evaluation of the Standardized Testing a...

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AKAdopted 08/2010P-12Work Ready/College Ready Transitional Skills Curriculum and Benchmark Assessments
4 AAC 06.715
Amends the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06. 715(b), regarding Work Ready/College Ready transitional skills curriculum and benchmark ass...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Consumer Education Proficiency Test
S.B. 3608
Repeals policies relating to the Annual Consumer Education Proficiency Test, for students in grades 9-12 who elected to take the test. Stude...

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TNSigned into law 07/2010P-12Assessments Count 20% of Final Grade
S.B. 3427
Requires a student's score on a Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) test to comprise 15%-20% of the student's final grade for ...

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AKAdopted Text or Summary of Text 06/2010P-12Nonstandardized Assessment Administrative Manual
4 AAC 06.775
The Department of Education & Early Development proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 4 of the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06....

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FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12Revision to Students with Disabilities Provisions
H.B. 1255 - Sec. 8, 10, 15, 16
Establishes a waiver from the results of end of course (EOC) assessments for certain students with disabilities. Requires restraint or seclu...

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FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12School Grades
H.B. 1255 - Sec. 6, 29
Amends the formula for calculating school grades to include end-of-course (EOC) assessments taken by middle school students and middle schoo...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12State Assessment Program
S.B. 83
Relates to the test type options as part of the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program. Beginning with the 1998-1999 2010-2011 school year...

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NHSigned into law 06/2010P-12
Postsec.
Reporting on Pupil Indicators
S.B. 503
Requires early childhood programs and postsecondary institutions to submit a report to the department of education containing information on...

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COSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Visual and Peforming Arts Standards
H.B. 1273
Amends several provisions of the Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act to specifically incorporate visual arts and performing a...

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OKSigned into law 05/2010P-12Test Retakes
S.B. 1799
If a school district is unable to administer the tests online to all students taking the test for the first time and all students retaking t...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12Suspends Writing Assessments
H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 3
Requires the state department of education, for the 2010-2011 school year, to suspend the writing assessments in grades 3, 4, 6 and 7; Provi...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12High Schools May Offer State-funded WorkKeys
H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 4
Permits high schools to offer state-funded WorkKeys (i.e., a job skill assessment system) to 10th grade students using funds appropriated fo...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12End-of-Course Assessments Task Force
H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 7
Directs the state Department of Education, in collaboration with the Education Oversight Committee, to convene a task force to include, but ...

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FLSigned into law 04/2010P-12Redefines Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
S.B. 4 - Sec. 1-4
Redefines the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in math and reading as end-of-course exams. Provides that: (1) Beginning with students e...

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FLSigned into law 04/2010P-12Statewide Assessment Program
S.B. 4 - Sec. 8
Statewide Assessment Program - Discontinues the 9th and 10th grade math Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) and the high school mat...

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IDSigned into law 04/2010P-12
Postsec.
Mastery Advancement Pilot Program
H.B. 493
Creates the Mastery Advancement Pilot Program (MAPP) to provide students with the opportunity and incentive to move more rapidly through the...

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ORRule Adoption 04/2010P-12Alternate Assessment, Fingerprinting of Teachers and Administrators
OAR 584-050-0015, 584-050-0100, 584-052-0030, 584- 070-0111,584-080-0153, 584-090-0050
Amends rules relating to alternative assessment, transitional counselors, restricted transitional administrators, reinstatement of licenses ...

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IDSigned into law 03/2010Postsec.Teacher Preparation
H.B. 637
The Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment has been given to each Idaho prospective
kindergarten through 8th grade teacher since 2002 and p...

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ORRule Adoption 03/2010P-12Oregon Statewide Assessment
OAR 581-022-0620
Specifies requirements for development of Oregon Statewide Assessment for public school students.
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/OARS_...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12State Assessment System
S.B. 16
Provides for the statewide assessment of students in grades 2-12 in basic skills courses using criterion-referenced tests or online computer...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Money-Saving Measures
H.B. 166
Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Workplace Readiness Skills
S.B. 630
Requires each local school board to include in its annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who passed the state Workp...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12California Assessment of Academic Achievement
S.B. 1E - Sections 9, 12, 14, 15, 16
Numbers below relate to Section numbers in Education Code.

60601: Extends repeal date on Chapter 5 of Education Code, "California Assessmen...

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- Assessment--Accommodations
CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Including Primary Language Assessment in State Assessment/Accountability System
S.B. 930
From bill summary: Requires that any primary language assessment developed by the department and administered to limited English proficient ...

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MSSigned into law 04/2010P-12Specified Accomodations
H.B. 631
Requires local school districts to use certain accommodations to preserve integrity and validity of student assessment test.
http://billstat...

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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Audit of Use of Alternative Assessment
H.B. 304
Requires the Board of Education to conduct an audit of any school division that utilizes the Virginia Grade Level Alternative assessment ins...

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NYAdopted 01/2010P-12Regents Requirements for Students with Disabilities
Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.5
Amends section 100.5 to extend the Regents Competency Test (RCT) safety net provision for an additional year, thereby allowing students with...

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- Assessment--College Entrance Exams
ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12
Community College
Extension of College and Career Readiness Pilot Program
S.B. 3705
On July 1, 2010, subject to appropriation, directs the state community college board to extend the College and Career Readiness Pilot Progra...

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- Assessment--Computer Based
UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12State Assessment System
S.B. 16
Provides for the statewide assessment of students in grades 2-12 in basic skills courses using criterion-referenced tests or online computer...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Money-Saving Measures
H.B. 166
Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ...

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- Assessment--Formative/Interim
GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Research-Based Approaches for Low-Performing High Schools
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-326, 328 and 329
20-2-326 defines:
--"Career academy" as (1) a specialized charter school established by a partnership between one or more local boards of ed...

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KYSigned into law 03/2010P-12Adolescent Literacy
S.B. 163
Relates to adolescent reading skills. Expresses legislative intent that all middle and high school students have the skills necessary to rea...

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- Assessment--Value Added
PAVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010P-12Omnibus bill: Value-Added Assessment Section
H.B. 101
Section 221 requires the state department fo publish specific value-added assessment data (statistical analysis of test results) on its webs...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
CASigned into law 09/2010P-12California Partnership Academies for At-Risk Pupils
S.B. 1354
From bill analysis: Modifies the criteria for determining "at risk" for purposes of eligibility to participating in a California Partnership...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Reporting Pupil Attendance Data
S.B. 1357
From bill summary: Requires the department of education, contingent on federal funding for this purpose and in consultation with the departm...

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ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12Definition of "Dropout"
S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/26-2a
Amends definition of "dropout". Previous language allowed student in any grades 1-12 to be classified as a dropout; new provision limits dro...

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ILAdopted 08/2010P-12Hope and Opportunity Pathways Through Education (IHOPE) Program
23 IL ADC 210.10, 20, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 75, 80, 90, 100, 110, 200, 210, 220, 230
P.A. 96-106 (S.B. 1796), effective July 30, 2009, establishes the Illinois Hope and Opportunity Pathways through Education (IHOPE) program w...

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LASigned into law 08/2010P-12Options for High School Dropouts
S.B. 701
Students under the age of 18 who dropout prior to graduation and are ruled to be truant would be required to exercise one of the following o...

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GAAdopted 07/2010P-12Alternative/Non-Traditional Education Programs
160-4-8-.12
Rule 160-4-8-.12, "Alternative Education Programs" has been repealed and a new rule adopted. Defines "alternative/non-traditional education ...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Improving Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate
S.B. 1246 - Improving Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate
Prior to the 2010-11 school year, directs the state board to:
(1) Develop a growth model establishing annual improvement goals in the four-y...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Flexibility to Cooperative Innovative High Schools
S.B. 1201
Provides that cooperative innovative high schools have the same exemptions from statutes and rules as charter schools, other than those pert...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Identifying Students At Risk for Academic Failure
S.B. 1248
Requires school districts to identify students who are at risk for academic failure and who are not successfully progressing toward grade pr...

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WVSigned into law 07/2010P-12Pilot Programs to Increase Academic Achievement
S.B. 2009
Establishes pilot programs for increased academic achievement. One pilot program requires the state superintendent to establish a special co...

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KSIssued 06/2010P-12Dropout Prevention
E.O. 10-04
Creates a commission to study and reduce the Sunflower State's high school dropout rate.
http://governor.ks.gov/issues-a-initiatives/executi...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12High School Graduation/Droput Data
S.B. 753
Requires each local public school system to post the four-year cohort graduation rate for each high school and for the system as a whole on ...

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COSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Postsec.
Student Data and Reporting
H.B. 1171
Relates to a data reporting request based on individual student identifiers, including dropouts, and those enrolled in literacy programs and...

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COSigned into law 05/2010P-12Transition Back to School for At-risk Students
H.B. 1274
Concerns successful transitions back to the public school system for juveniles in out-of-home placement who have demonstrated behavior that ...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Research-Based Approaches for Low-Performing High Schools
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-326, 328 and 329
20-2-326 defines:
--"Career academy" as (1) a specialized charter school established by a partnership between one or more local boards of ed...

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COSigned into law 04/2010P-12At-risk Student Populations
S.B. 154
Expands the definition of high-risk student to include children with disabilities, migrant children, homeless children, children with a docu...

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MESigned into law 04/2010P-12Implements Recommendations of the Juvenile Justice Task Force
H.B. 1204
Directs the Departments of Corrections, Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor to develop a jointly agreed-upon statewide coordinat...

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VASigned into law 04/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
College Partnership Laboratory Schools
S.B. 736/H.B. 1389
Establishes college partnership laboratory schools by any public institution of higher education that operates an approved teacher education...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Programs Funded At or Below $10,000 in a District
H.B. 149 - Section 3
Adds Section 53A-17a-105.5. Defines "qualifying program" as (1) the at-risk flow through program; (2) the homeless and disadvantaged minorit...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12Dropout Prevention
S.B. 6403
Regarding accountability and support for vulnerable students and dropouts. Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, ...

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WVSigned into law 03/2010P-12Implements the High School Graduation Improvement Act
H.B. 4593
Implements the High School Graduation Improvement Act, which includes: (1) the continued exploration of diverse instructional delivery strat...

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COAdopted 02/2010P-12Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagment
1 CCR 301-84
Establishes criteria for identifying high priority and priority local education providers and implements the Student Re-engagement Grant Pro...

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ALSigned into law 01/2010P-12Commission on High School Graduation and Student Dropouts
S.J.R. 21
Extends the life of the Alabama Select Commission on High School Graduation and Student Dropouts (created by Act No. 2009-229, SJR24, 2009 R...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
GAAdopted 07/2010P-12Alternative/Non-Traditional Education Programs
160-4-8-.12
Rule 160-4-8-.12, "Alternative Education Programs" has been repealed and a new rule adopted. Defines "alternative/non-traditional education ...

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WVSigned into law 07/2010P-12Alternative Schools
S.B. 2010
Provides uniformity in alternative schools and requires a pilot program that will allow alternative schools in elementary and middle schools...

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AKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Alternative Education
H.B. 360
An Act relating to the provision of information regarding a student by a school district to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Alternative Schools and Programs
H.B. 1225
Relates to approval by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education of certain alternative schools and alternative education progra...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
MOSigned into law 06/2010P-12Substance Abuse
H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions
Requires regulations to be issued requiring contractors and subcontractors working on public works construction projects at public schools t...

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WVSigned into law 03/2010P-12Implements the High School Graduation Improvement Act
H.B. 4593
Implements the High School Graduation Improvement Act, which includes: (1) the continued exploration of diverse instructional delivery strat...

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- Attendance
CASigned into law 10/2010P-12Truants
A.B. 1610 - Truants
Requires initial parental notification of child's status as truant to be made using the most cost-effective method possible, including e-mai...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Determining Pupil Residency for Attendance in a District
A.B. 1854
From bill analysis: Requires school districts to accept reasonable evidence that a pupil meets residency requirements for school attendance ...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Reporting Pupil Attendance Data
S.B. 1357
From bill summary: Requires the department of education, contingent on federal funding for this purpose and in consultation with the departm...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Chronic Truant
S.B. 1317
From bill summary: Defines a chronic truant as any pupil absent from school without a valid excuse for 10% or more of the school days in one...

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GAAdopted 08/2010P-12Student Enrollment and Withdrawal
GA ADC 160-5-1-.28
Amends provisions related to student enrollment and withdrawal. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-5-1-.28.pdf...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Excused Absences For Religious Observances
H.B. 357
Requires principals, community colleges and universities to authorize a minimum of two excused absences each academic year for religious obs...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Enrollment of Child under 5 Who Is Child of Military Personnel
S.B. 1246 - Enrollment of Child under 5 Who Is Child of Military Personnel
Permits public school entry of child who does not turn 5 by August 31 of the school year but whose parent is an active duty member of U.S. a...

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GAVetoed 06/2010P-12Compulsory School Attendance
S.B. 239 - Section 2
Requires a parent whose child is of compulsory school age and who becomes a new resident of a local school system to enroll his/her child in...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12
Community College
Adult Education Programs
H.B. 1055
Students who are 16 to 18 years old and are enrolled in an adult education program shall be considered to be in compliance with the school a...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Student Attendance Policies
H.B. 421
Prevents a city, parish, or other local public school board from denying admission or readmission to students of suitable age who resides wi...

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NHSigned into law 05/2010P-12Truancy
H.B. 154
Makes various changes to the laws on truancy; provides for excused absences, parental responsibility and petitions for children in need of s...

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TNSigned into law 05/2010P-12Truancy - Parental Consequences
S.B. 3246
Authorizes a prosecutor to allow parents or guardians of children violating truancy laws to attend parent education training and parent-teac...

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WISigned into law 05/2010P-12Habitual Truants Need Not Be Readmitted Through Open Enrollment
S.B. 342
If a pupil attending the school district under open enrollment (OEP) is habitually truant (absent from school without an acceptable
excuse f...

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KYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Interscholastic Athletics
H.B. 327
Requires the state board of education or any agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administ...

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NESigned into law 03/2010P-12Kindergarten Entrance
L.B. 1006
Children are eligible for kindergarten if they are 5 years old by July 31, beginning with the 2012-13 school year. Previously, the cutoff da...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Parental Notification of Nonattendance
S.B. 196
Clarifies that, in addition to the attendance officer, school personnel, and volunteers, the school principal or his designee is responsible...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Religious Holidays
S.B. 361
Requires local school boards to develop policies ensuring that any student's absence because of the observance of a religious holiday be rec...

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ILSigned into law 01/2010P-12Professional Development for Department of Human Services Staff; 1st Grade Start Age for Certain Students
H.B. 806
Requires the department of human services to operate a comprehensive professional development system called the Gateways to Opportunity prog...

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KYAdopted 01/2010P-12Recording Student Attendance
702 KAR 7:125
Adds section providing definitions of: "full day of attendance" (student in attendance at least 65% of regularly-scheduled school day), "tar...

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- Attendance--Compulsory
NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Enrollment of Child under 5 Who Is Child of Military Personnel
S.B. 1246 - Enrollment of Child under 5 Who Is Child of Military Personnel
Permits public school entry of child who does not turn 5 by August 31 of the school year but whose parent is an active duty member of U.S. a...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Student Attendance Policies
S.B. 309
Revises compulsory school attendance, and habitual student absence or tardiness policies.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocume...

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WVSigned into law 03/2010P-12Implements the High School Graduation Improvement Act
H.B. 4593
Implements the High School Graduation Improvement Act, which includes: (1) the continued exploration of diverse instructional delivery strat...

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MISigned into law 01/2010P-12Raise Drop Out Age to 18
H.B. 4787 - Sec. 1561, 1596
Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Beginning with students in the 6th grade in the 2009-2010 school year, the compulsory attend...

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- Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
HISigned into law 06/2010P-12School Entry Barred After Age 20
H.B. 2077
Repeals portion of section 302A-1134 that barred a student age 17 or older from entering grade 9, and that barred a student age 18 or older ...

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ILSigned into law 01/2010P-12Professional Development for Department of Human Services Staff; 1st Grade Start Age for Certain Students
H.B. 806
Requires the department of human services to operate a comprehensive professional development system called the Gateways to Opportunity prog...

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- Attendance--Truancy
CASigned into law 10/2010P-12Truants
A.B. 1610 - Truants
Requires initial parental notification of child's status as truant to be made using the most cost-effective method possible, including e-mai...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Chronic Truant
S.B. 1317
From bill summary: Defines a chronic truant as any pupil absent from school without a valid excuse for 10% or more of the school days in one...

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GAVetoed 06/2010P-12Compulsory School Attendance
S.B. 239 - Section 2
Requires a parent whose child is of compulsory school age and who becomes a new resident of a local school system to enroll his/her child in...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Student Attendance Policies
S.B. 309
Revises compulsory school attendance, and habitual student absence or tardiness policies.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocume...

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NHSigned into law 05/2010P-12Truancy
H.B. 154
Makes various changes to the laws on truancy; provides for excused absences, parental responsibility and petitions for children in need of s...

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IDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Truancy
H.B. 545
Amends existing law relating to education to revise the definition of "habitual truant," to provide for a certain designee and to provide th...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Parental Notification of Nonattendance
S.B. 196
Clarifies that, in addition to the attendance officer, school personnel, and volunteers, the school principal or his designee is responsible...

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- Background Checks
ILSigned into law 12/2010P-12Authorizations for Substitute Teachers
H.B. 5863
Authorizes a fee, not to exceed the cost of the background check, to be charged to applicants seeking employment as a substitute teacher. Pr...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Heritage Schools
S.B. 1116
Applies specified background check procedures to heritage schools, which serve children between the ages of 5 and 18 who attend a public or ...

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CASigned into law 08/2010P-12Informing Private Schools of Action Against Credentialholders
A.B. 2685
Existing law requires the commission on teacher credentialing to send on a monthly basis to each private school a list of all teachers who h...

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CASigned into law 07/2010P-12Background Checks
A.B. 346
Amends Section 45125.01. Adds to existing provision allowing a single district or county superintendent to act on behalf of multiple distric...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Career Employees Resigning Without Agreement of Superintendent
H.B. 1377
Requires superintendents to report to the state board of education on career employees who resign without the written agreement of the super...

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NHSigned into law 07/2010P-12Notification of Continuation of Employment
H.B. 1411
This bill requires the superintendent to notify, in writing, all qualified education support personnel and non-certified school district emp...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12List of Registered Sex Offenders
H.B. 651
Replaces requirement that the department of education (DOE) annually send each school a list of all registered sex offenders with requiremen...

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OKSigned into law 05/2010P-12National Criminal History Record Check
S.B. 2199
Allows a local board to request in writing to the state board that a national criminal history record check be conducted on any school emplo...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12Requires Criminal Record and Sex Offender Registry Checks
H.B. 4248
Criminal Record Search: Requires individuals hired by a local school board to serve in any capacity in a public school to undergo a criminal...

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KYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Interscholastic Athletics
H.B. 327
Requires the state board of education or any agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Background Checks on Existing Teachers in Private Schools
H.B. 447
Permits private, parochial and church schools to require a national and state criminal background check on each certified teacher once every...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Personal Leave Restrictions
S.B. 2630
Requires approval by the director of schools or the director's designee for a teacher to take personal leave on days when professional devel...

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ALSigned into law 03/2010P-12Sex Offenders Barred from Driving School Buses
H.B. 144
Adds new Section 36-6-49.25. Relates to commercial driver licenses issued by the department of public safety. Effective July 2010, prohibits...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Background Checks for School Applicants, Employees and Volunteers
H.B. 81
Modifies provisions regarding criminal background checks for employees of, or volunteers at, school districts, charter schools and private s...

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ALSigned into law 02/2010P-12Alabama Educator Code of Ethics
S.J.R. 9
Provides that after determining the state board's proposed July 2009 amendment to Rule 290-4-1, creating the "Alabama Educator Code of Ethic...

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ILAdopted 01/2010P-12Certification of Persons with Certificates Previously Denied, Suspended or Revoked
23 IAC 25.485
Requires each applicant for issuance, renewal or registration of an Illinois certificate or for the addition of another credential (e.g., en...

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UTAdopted 01/2010P-12Arrests/Convictions of Current or Prospective Licensees
R277-516
Revised provision clarifies that the Utah State Office of Education (USOE) must review reports received from the department of public safety...

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- Bilingual/ESL
CASigned into law 10/2010P-12English Language Acquisition Program
A.B. 1610 - English Language Acquisition
Primarily from bill summary: Repeals English Language Acquisition Program for students in grades 4-8. Requires the superintendent of public ...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Including Primary Language Assessment in State Assessment/Accountability System
S.B. 930
From bill summary: Requires that any primary language assessment developed by the department and administered to limited English proficient ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12Purposes of Transitional Bilingual Education Programs
S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/14C-1
Provides that one of the purposes of Article 14C of the School Code, "Transitional Bilingual Education", is to allow the state to directly o...

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ILAdopted 08/2010P-12Transitional Bilingual Education
23 IL ADC 228
Addresses districts' plans for continuing services for students who leave a transitional bilingual education (TBE) program or a transitional...

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ILAdopted 08/2010P-12Preschool Bilingual Education Programs
23 IL ADC 235.20, 30, 120
Clarifies that teachers of children ages 3-5 in a transitional bilingual program or a transitional program of instruction administered by a ...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Use of Bilingual Education Funds
S.B. 3635
In provisions concerning the account of expenditures for transitional bilingual education programs, requires that at least 60% of state bili...

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- Business Involvement
WASigned into law 03/2010P-12STEM
H.B. 2621
Designates resource programs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instruction in K12 schools; requires the Superintendent o...

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- Career/Technical Education
CASigned into law 09/2010P-12California Partnership Academies for At-Risk Pupils
S.B. 1354
From bill analysis: Modifies the criteria for determining "at risk" for purposes of eligibility to participating in a California Partnership...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12CTE Facilities
S.B. 1380
From bill summary: Requires school facilities constructed or modernized with specified bond funds set aside for career technical education p...

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CAVetoed 09/2010Postsec.Aligning Cal C Grants with High-Need/-Wage/-Growth Occupations
S.B. 957
Primarily from bill summary: Requires that Cal C grants (which may already only be used for occupational or technical training) be used only...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Linked Learning Programs
A.B. 1223
Defines "linked learning programs". Authorizes the commission on teacher credentialing to convene a workgroup consisting of specified member...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12
Community College
Linking CTE Offerings to High-Priority Workforce Needs
S.B. 515
From bill summary: Commencing with the 2012–13 fiscal year, requires as a condition of receiving federal funds provided under the Carl D. Pe...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Partnership Academies in Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Businesses
S.B. 675
From bill summary: Requires the Controller annually to allocate $8,000,000 from the Energy Resources Program Account, upon appropriation by ...

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TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Other High School Math Courses for High School Credit
19 TAC 111.52, 60, 61
Provides that students must be awarded at least one-half credit for each semester of a concurrent enrollment course successfully completed. ...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Exams for Career/Tech Students
S.B. 490
Relates to xaminations administered to students pursuing a career major curriculum and a career diploma. Requires that construction of end-o...

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LASigned into law 06/2010Postsec.
Community College
Scholarship Eligiblity for Career/Technical Award
S.B. 486
Revises Taylor Opportunity Program for Students requirements for students to receive a TOPS-Tech Award. For any student graduating from high...

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TNSigned into law 06/2010P-12
Community College
Cost of Licensing Tests for Adult Students with Financial Need
H.B. 2645
Requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in conjunction with the Department of Education, to develop, implement, and admi...

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TXAdopted 06/2010P-12Career and Technical Education
19 TAC 75.1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1031
Replaces references to "career and technology education" with "career and technical education". Adds provision stating purpose and goals of ...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12State Board of Education Membership
S.B. 379 - Sec. 1 and 2
Requires the state board of education to conduct a formal vote before closing or suspending operations of a vocational-technical school; Req...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Vocational-Technical Schools Bus Replacement
S.B. 379 - Sec. 5 and 6
Requires the state board of education to inspect the busses in operation at vocational-technical schools and to replace any school bus in se...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12CTE Exams Substituting for Portions of High School Graduation Exam
H.B. 400 - Amended Section 20-2-281
Directs the state board to consider passage of an industry certification exam or state board-approved licensure exam when considering granti...

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MISigned into law 05/2010P-12Educational Development Plan/Student Review
S.B. 757
Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legisation; requires each pupil to review his or her educational development plan (EDP) in 8th grade and ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.
Community College
Study of Certificates and Diplomas
S.F. 184
Requires MnSCU with business and industry groups and labor unions to study options for lower credit credentials recognized by employers that...

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MNSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.
Community College
Surgical Technologist Pilot
S.F. 184
Directs MnSCU to establish a pilot project with participating health care facilities for the training, education, and employment of certifie...

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RISigned into law 05/2010P-12Senate Commission to Study the Funding of Vocational Schools
S.R. 2884
Creates a special senate commission to study the funding of vocational schools in the state. Directs the commission to report its findings a...

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WISigned into law 05/2010P-12Student Webcam Conversations With Careers
S.B. 121
Requires the Center on Education and Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to establish a program for students enrolled in grades 7 to...

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WVSigned into law 05/2010P-12Comprehensive Middle Schools
S.B. 373
Allows, upon application by a county board of education, the School Building Authority (SBA) to allocate and expend certain moneys for schoo...

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AZSigned into law 04/2010P-12Joint Technical Education Districts
H.B. 2128
Redefines a joint technical education course that is offered by a joint technical education district (JTED) as part of a program that is app...

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ORSigned into law 04/2010P-12Professional Development
H.B. 3619A
Establishes Task Force on Education Career Preparation and Development for purpose of improving effectiveness of school teachers, administra...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Integrating GIS into Career-Technical and Adult Curriculum
S.B. 2767
Requires the State Board of Education to study the integration of geographic information technology into career and technical education curr...

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COSigned into law 03/2010Postsec.
Community College
Vocational Education at Correction Institutions
H.B. 1112
Adds vocational programs to the educational programs that are offered by the department of corrections pursuant to the Correctional Educatio...

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ORTemporary Rule Adoption 03/2010P-12Career and Technical Education Licensure
OAR 584-042-0002, -0006, -0009, -0021, -0031, -0044
Amends rules relating to Career and Technical Education License (CTE) rules to support the redesign of CTE programs ODE has implemented. Est...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Vocational Program Definition
H.B. 703/S.B. 598
Clarifies that the definition of vocational shall not include instructional programs intended solely for recreation, enjoyment, personal int...

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WVSigned into law 03/2010P-12Implements the High School Graduation Improvement Act
H.B. 4593
Implements the High School Graduation Improvement Act, which includes: (1) the continued exploration of diverse instructional delivery strat...

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CAAdopted 02/2010P-12Career Technical Education Teaching Credentials
Title 5 CCR Sections 80034.1, 80034.2, 80034.3, 80035, 80035.1,80035.5
Allows advanced industry certifications to meet one year of the three years of experience required for the Three-Year Preliminary CTE Teachi...

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AZAdopted 01/2010P-12Certification Provisions
R7-2-607, -612
Changes the provisional Career and Technical Education certificate to create the flexibility to meet the needs of all applicants.
http://ww...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12CTE Data
S.B. 1E - Section 3
Directs the department of education, by January 2011, to ensure that the data elements pertaining to success in the 21st century workforce d...

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TNSigned into law 01/2010P-12Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010
S.B. 7005A - H.B. 7010A - Multiple Provisions
Increases the maximum class size for career and technical education classes (CTE) from 25 to 35 students. Limits Basic Education Plan (BEP) ...

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- Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Research-Based Approaches for Low-Performing High Schools
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-326, 328 and 329
20-2-326 defines:
--"Career academy" as (1) a specialized charter school established by a partnership between one or more local boards of ed...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12Farm Internships
S.B. 6349
Establishes a farm internship program to provide for the employment of farm interns subject to certain limitations; provides that the applic...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
PAVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010P-12Charter Facilities
H.B. 101 - Section 1722-A
Exempts all school property owned by a charter school, cyber charter, or an associated nonprofit foundation, or owned by a nonprofit corpora...

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NVAdopted Regulations 10/2010P-12Charter Schools
NAC 386.180, 240, 320, 325, 345, 350, 405
Revises various provisions relating to charter schools: Relates to one year renewal of license and fiscal condition of the charter . ...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Charter Renewals and Appeals
A.B. 2543
Requires a charter school to submit a renewal petition to the chartering authority no later than September 15 prior to the expiration of the...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Charter School Transparency and Ethics
A.B. 572
Specifies that charter schools are subject to state sunshine laws, the California Public Records Act and specified ethics and conflict-of-in...

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CASigned into law 08/2010P-12Charter School Students' Freedom of Expression
S.B. 438
Makes clear that provisions protecting public school students' right to freedom of speech and of the press are also applicable to charter sc...

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FLSigned into law 07/2010P-12Repeals Florida Schools of Excellence Commission
HB 7037 - Sec 23
Repeals Section 1002.335 creating the Florida Schools of Excellence Commission. Repeals provision related to appealing charter school applic...

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NYSigned into law 07/2010P-12Issuing of Charters
S.B. 8017
Sunsets on September 1, 2013 the mandate that the board of regents and the board of trustees of the state university of New York (SUNY) issu...

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AKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 235
An Act relating to charter school approval and funding. Establishes a charter school facilities construction, lease and major maintenance gr...

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HIAdopted 06/2010P-12Public Charter Schools Probation and Revocation Procedures
8-500-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
The Department of Education has adopted Chapter 8-500, Hawaii Public Charter Schools Probation and Revocation Procedures....

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Charter School Reviews and Approvals
S.B. 344
Revises charter school review and approval process.Provides relative to the process for submission, review, and approval of charter school p...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Charter School Approvals
H.B. 1487
Updates and revises duties and responsibilities of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education when reviewing and approving a prop...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Charter School Approval and Renewal
H.B. 962
Revises the process for submission, review, and approval of charter school proposals and renewal of charters.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/b...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Empowered Schools and School Districts Act
S.B. 2330
Creates the empowered schools and school districts act. Allows a public school, zone, or district to submit empowerment plans to the state b...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 7867, S.B. 2734
Rewrites charter school provisions. Establishes separate provisions for "district charter schools" (existing schools converting to charter s...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Authorizes public universities or a community college district with an enrollment of at least 15,000 full-time students or a group of commun...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Affiliated Charter Schools
S.B. 1282
Allows the state board of education or the state board for charter schools to approve a charter application if the proposed sponsor determin...

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COSigned into law 05/2010P-12Charter School and Authorizer Standards
H.B. 1412
Creates the Charter School and Charter Authorizer Standards Review Committee which is charged with making recommendations to the state board...

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COSigned into law 05/2010P-12Charter School Services
S.B. 161
Authorizes a charter school to enter into contractual agreements with a board of cooperative services or another charter school for building...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Charter School Law Revisions
S.B. 438 - Sec. 15
Requires the state board of education by July 1, 2011to adopt regulations to: (1) prohibit a charter school and any affiliated charter manag...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Innovation Schools
S.B. 438 - Sec. 6
Permits a board of education for a priority school district to, through agreement with the organizations designated or elected as the exclus...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Elminates Enrollment Caps For High-Performing Charter Schools
S.B. 438 - Sec. 12
Elminates enrollment caps for high-performing charter schools. Statutory enrollment caps prohibit charter schools from enrolling (1) more th...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Petition for a Conversion Charter for a High School Cluster
S.B. 457
Existing legislation defines "high school cluster" as a high school and all its feeder middle and elementary schools, including both public ...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Research-Based Approaches for Low-Performing High Schools
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-326, 328 and 329
20-2-326 defines:
--"Career academy" as (1) a specialized charter school established by a partnership between one or more local boards of ed...

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HISigned into law 05/2010P-12Charter School Oversight and Finance
S.B. 2589
Makes numerous changes related to charter school oversight and finance. Requires the charter school review panel to adopt a clear process wi...

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MNSigned into law 05/2010P-12Early Learning Charter School Screening
S.F. 2505
Requires charter schools that elect to provide a screening program to comply with the requirements of the early childhood health and develop...

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NHSigned into law 05/2010P-12Removal of Prohibition on New Chartered Schools
H.B. 1495
Removes the prohibition on approval of new chartered public schools between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2011 and authorizes the state board of...

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NYSigned into law 05/2010P-12Charter Schools
A.B. 11310
From New York Assembly "Summary of Provisions":

This legislation provides for the establishment of a new process to issue charters. The bo...

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NYSigned into law 05/2010P-12Charters Approved by SUNY Trustees
A.B. 11311
Makes a clarification to A.B. 11310 regarding the approval and issuance process for charters approved by the SUNY trustees. http://assembly....

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OKSigned into law 05/2010P-12Charter School Sponsors
H.B. 2753
Allows charter schools to be sponsored by a school district, technology center school district or higher education institution which has a s...

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MSSigned into law 04/2010P-12New Start School
S.B. 2293
Creates a New Start School Program. Requires a New Start School to be established in each public school that is considered failing. Provides...

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OKSigned into law 04/2010P-12Charter Schools Equal Local Education Agencies
S.B. 2212
Requires that a charter school sponsored by a board of education of a school district be considered a local education agency for purposes of...

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NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12Charter School Oversight
H.B. 74
Requires a charter school, during its planning year, to file a minimum of three status reports with the chartering authority and the Departm...

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ORSigned into law 03/2010P-12Choice
H.B. 3688A
Prohibits a public charter school, a district school board or a public or private provider of educational services from offering money or ot...

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RISigned into law 03/2010P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 7208, S.B. 2406
Allows for the expansion of charter public schools (from limit of 25 to limit of 35); permits the revocation of an existing public school ch...

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SDSigned into law 03/2010P-12Pilot Charter Schools
S.B. 63
Provides for the establishment of a pilot charter school in the state if the Department of Education receives a federal grant under the Amer...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Postsecondary Institutions as Chartering Entities
S.B. 55
Allows an individual or entity to enter into an agreement with a board of trustees of a higher education institution to establish and operat...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 188
Expands the membership of the state board of education by including a member of the state charter school board as a nonvoting member. Remove...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Charter School Enrollment Caps
H.B. 149 - Section 1 and 2
Removes a statutorily imposed cap on the maximum number of students who may be enrolled in charter schools each year. Allows the state board...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Proposed Charter Applications
S.B. 737/H.B. 1390
Requires the public charter school applicant to submit its proposed charter application to the Board of Education for review, comment, and a...

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UTSigned into law 02/2010P-12Charter School Finance
H.B. 1
Provides that if monies appropriated to charter schools to replace local property taxes are less than the amount prescribed by a statutory f...

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IASigned into law 01/2010P-12Race to the Top Initiative
S.B. 2033
Excerpts from the fiscal note: modifies Iowa Code to meet the requirements of the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) initiative. . . [e]nactment...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Students Living Outside the Commonwealth
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Directs the department of education to study the possibility of allowing students living outside of the commonwealth who are eligible to att...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Charter School Recruitment and Retention
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Directs the department education to draft a model policy for school districts regarding the grade placement and eligibility for high school ...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Charter School Recruitment and Retention
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Requires charter schools whose charter was granted before January 1, 2010 to have a recruitment and retention plan in effect for the 2011-20...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Charter School
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Repeals and replaces existing policies relating to charter schools.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st02/st02247.htm...

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MISigned into law 01/2010P-12Schools of Excellence
S.B. 981 - Part 6E
Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Provides for the creation of up to 10 new charter schools that will be known as "schools of ...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts
FLSigned into law 07/2010P-12Academic Performance-based Charter School Districts
HB 7037 - Sec 26
Repeals 1003.62, which authorized the state board to enter into performance contracts with districts to establish them as academic performan...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Empowered Schools and School Districts Act
S.B. 2330
Creates the empowered schools and school districts act. Allows a public school, zone, or district to submit empowerment plans to the state b...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Petition for a Conversion Charter for a High School Cluster
S.B. 457
Existing legislation defines "high school cluster" as a high school and all its feeder middle and elementary schools, including both public ...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
HIAdopted 06/2010P-12Public Charter Schools Probation and Revocation Procedures
8-500-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
The Department of Education has adopted Chapter 8-500, Hawaii Public Charter Schools Probation and Revocation Procedures....

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 7867, S.B. 2734
Rewrites charter school provisions. Establishes separate provisions for "district charter schools" (existing schools converting to charter s...

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NYSigned into law 05/2010P-12Charter Schools
A.B. 11310
From New York Assembly "Summary of Provisions":

This legislation provides for the establishment of a new process to issue charters. The bo...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Testing for Online Courses or Programs
S.B. 2318
Requires that students enrolled in an online course or program that is offered by a school district or charter school that is not the distri...

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AZSigned into law 04/2010P-12Charter School Fees
S.B. 1039
Requires the state board of charter schools to charge a processing fee to any charter school amending their contract to participate in an Ar...

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ORSigned into law 04/2010P-12Virtual Schools
H.B. 3660A
Imposes requirements on virtual public charter schools related to budget and accounting system, tracking of student progress, administrator ...

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MISigned into law 01/2010P-12Schools of Excellence
S.B. 981 - Part 6E
Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Provides for the creation of up to 10 new charter schools that will be known as "schools of ...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
CASigned into law 10/2010P-12Charter School Facility Grant Program
A.B. 1610 - Charter School Facility Grant Program
From bill summary: Existing law authorizes a local educational agency, including a direct-funded charter school, to apply for any state cate...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Federal Tax Credit Bond Volume Cap
A.B. 2560
Authorizes the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California School Financing Authority (CSFA) to assign and distribute the st...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Eligibility of Entities for Federal Funding
A.B. 1683
From bill analysis: Requires the state board of education to include school districts, county offices of education, charter schools and othe...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Charter School Funding
H.B. 420
Provides the use of certain local revenues for computing and allocating the per pupil amount provided to all charter schools. Removes provis...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 7867, S.B. 2734
Rewrites charter school provisions. Establishes separate provisions for "district charter schools" (existing schools converting to charter s...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Finance
H.B. 2722
Provides admission of residents of other school districts; relates to tuition and nonresidents of the state; provides that a school district...

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HISigned into law 05/2010P-12Charter School Oversight and Finance
S.B. 2589
Makes numerous changes related to charter school oversight and finance. Requires the charter school review panel to adopt a clear process wi...

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TXAdopted 05/2010P-12Commissioner's Rules Concerning Financial Accountability Rating System
19 TAC 109.1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
Updates the financial accountability rating system by specifying new provisions that will be implemented beginning with ratings based on dat...

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CAAdopted 04/2010P-12Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program
Title 4 CCR Sec(s) 10175, 10176, 10177, 10178, 10179, 10180, 10181,10182, 10185, 10187, 10188, 10190
Relates to the State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program. Adds definitions of "Academic Performance Index Growth" and "Adequa...

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OKSigned into law 04/2010P-12Charter Schools Equal Local Education Agencies
S.B. 2212
Requires that a charter school sponsored by a board of education of a school district be considered a local education agency for purposes of...

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COSigned into law 03/2010P-12Public School Financial Transparency Act
H.B. 1036
Enacts the Public School Financial Transparency Act, which requires school districts, district charter schools, boards of cooperative educat...

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NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12School/Charter Finance and Audit Committees
H.B. 227
Requires local school boards and governing authorities of charter schools to establish finance subcommittees and audit committees. The finan...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12State Reporting of Class Size and Charter School Funding
S.B. 56
Modifies the state superintendent's annual report of the public school system by: (1) requiring reporting of data on average class sizes cal...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 188
Expands the membership of the state board of education by including a member of the state charter school board as a nonvoting member. Remove...

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UTSigned into law 02/2010P-12Charter School Finance
H.B. 1
Provides that if monies appropriated to charter schools to replace local property taxes are less than the amount prescribed by a statutory f...

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- Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Interdistrict Transfer
A.B. 2444
From bill analysis: Precludes a pupil enrolled in a school through an interdistrict transfer provision from having to reapply for an interdi...

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NJSigned into law 09/2010P-12Interdistrict Public School Choice Program
A.B. 355
Creates the permanent Interdistrict Public School Choice Program. Directs the commissioner to create a program that will allow districts to ...

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CAEmergency Regulations 08/2010P-12Open Enrollment
Title 5 CCR Sec(s) 4700, 4701, 4702
This emergency rulemaking action establishes the process for determining the 1,000 California open enrollment schools from which students ma...

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TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1051, 1053, 1055, 1057, 1059, 1061, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1069, 1071, 1073
Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register.
97.1051: Amends defini...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12School Choice Program for Special Needs Students
H.B. 216
Establishes a school choice pilot program in certain parishes for certain students with special needs the opportunity to attend schools of t...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Postsec.
Miscellaneous
H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Exempts private schools approved by the department of education's division of special education prescribed in the pupil's individualized edu...

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KSSigned into law 05/2010P-12Open Enrollment
H.B. 2595
Relates to the enrollment in and attendance of pupils that are not residents of a school district, and the providing of transportation for s...

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WISigned into law 05/2010P-12Open Enrollment Admissions Process
S.B. 250
Requires a nonresident school district that is a union high school district (a district operating only grades 9 to 12) to give preference to...

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WISigned into law 05/2010P-12Habitual Truants Need Not Be Readmitted Through Open Enrollment
S.B. 342
If a pupil attending the school district under open enrollment (OEP) is habitually truant (absent from school without an acceptable
excuse f...

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MESigned into law 04/2010P-12Race to the Top Legislation--Establishment of Innovate Schools
S.B. 706
Enables school administrative units to establish and operate innovative, autonomous public schools that meet the requirements of the federal...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12Open Enrollment
S.B. 4E - Open Enrollment
Establishes the Open Enrollment Act. Creates new Sections 48350 and ff. of the Education Code, allowing students attending low-achieving sch...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Students Living Outside the Commonwealth
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Directs the department of education to study the possibility of allowing students living outside of the commonwealth who are eligible to att...

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- Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research
TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1051, 1053, 1055, 1057, 1059, 1061, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1069, 1071, 1073
Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register.
97.1051: Amends defini...

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- Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Empowered Schools and School Districts Act
S.B. 2330
Creates the empowered schools and school districts act. Allows a public school, zone, or district to submit empowerment plans to the state b...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Innovation Schools
S.B. 438 - Sec. 6
Permits a board of education for a priority school district to, through agreement with the organizations designated or elected as the exclus...

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TNSigned into law 05/2010P-12Choice of Schools in Memphis
H.J.R. 781
A resolution directing the Department of Education to study student access to optional schools and programs in Memphis City Schools and the ...

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- Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Corporate Tax Credits
H.B. 2663
AN ACT Amending sections 20-224.06, 20-224.07, 43-1183 and 43-1184, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 43, Arizona Revised Statutes, b...

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- Choice of Schools--Vouchers
PASigned into law 11/2010P-12Tuitioning for Students from Districts Under Fiscal Distress
S.B. 441 - Amending Section 1607
Not a traditional voucher, but does provide tuition for students to attend school in another district under a tuition arrangement. From the ...

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FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program Revisions
H.B. 1505 - Sec. 1
Revises provisions relating to John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; authorizes the commissioner of education t...

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FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12School Grades
H.B. 1255 - Sec. 6, 29
Amends the formula for calculating school grades to include end-of-course (EOC) assessments taken by middle school students and middle schoo...

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GAVetoed 06/2010P-12Middle School and Academic Instruction per Day
H.B. 907
Revises and clarifies language relating to the organization of schools serving grades 6, 7 and/or 8. Provides that schools serving any of th...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program
H.B. 3393
Creates the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program. Provide a scholarship to a private school of choice fo...

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WISigned into law 06/2010P-12Voucher Programs
A.B. 75
Requires the governing board of every private school participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program to adopt pupil academic standard...

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VTto governor 05/2010P-12Incentives for District Mergers, Study of Tuition Vouchers
H.B. 66 - Two Sections
The first part of this bill relates to incentives for voluntary school district merger, virtual merger, and supervisory union duties. The se...

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GAAdopted 01/2010P-12Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program
160-5-1-.34
New Rule 160-5-1-.34 has been adopted, governing the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/lega...

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- Civic Education
AZSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.Student Voter Registration
H.B. 2668
AN ACT requiring universities and community colleges to adopt a plan to increase student voter registration and voting in elections.
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NYSigned into law 05/2010P-12Students as Election Inspectors or Poll Clerks
A.B. 4467
Permits students age 17 and older, with parental consent, to serve as election inspectors or poll clerks at elections. Requires that such st...

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HIAdopted 04/2010P-12Integration of a Pedagogy of Aloha
H.C.R. 167-10
Requesting the board of education to adopt a policy for the integration of a pedagogy of aloha (the Hawaiian cultural principle that entails...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Course of Instruction that Includes U.S. Government
S.B. 3432
As enacted, urges civics class be taught in high school.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB3432.pdf...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Civics Education
S.B. 715
Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to require all education preparation programs for teachers in history and social s...

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VAIssued 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Establishing the Governor's Advisory Board on Volunteerism and National Service
E.O. 20
Establishes Governor's Advisory Board on Volunteerism and National Service. The Board will comply with the provisions of the National and Co...

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- Civic Education--Character Education
AZSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.Student Voter Registration
H.B. 2668
AN ACT requiring universities and community colleges to adopt a plan to increase student voter registration and voting in elections.
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NYSigned into law 05/2010P-12Students as Election Inspectors or Poll Clerks
A.B. 4467
Permits students age 17 and older, with parental consent, to serve as election inspectors or poll clerks at elections. Requires that such st...

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HIAdopted 04/2010P-12Integration of a Pedagogy of Aloha
H.C.R. 167-10
Requesting the board of education to adopt a policy for the integration of a pedagogy of aloha (the Hawaiian cultural principle that entails...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Course of Instruction that Includes U.S. Government
S.B. 3432
As enacted, urges civics class be taught in high school.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB3432.pdf...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Civics Education
S.B. 715
Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to require all education preparation programs for teachers in history and social s...

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VAIssued 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Establishing the Governor's Advisory Board on Volunteerism and National Service
E.O. 20
Establishes Governor's Advisory Board on Volunteerism and National Service. The Board will comply with the provisions of the National and Co...

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- Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy
GAVetoed 06/2010P-12
Postsec.
Constitution Day Educational Programs
S.B. 239 - Section 1 and 3
Requires all K-12 schools and colleges/universities receiving state funds to hold an educational program on the governing principles of the ...

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- Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Pledge of Allegiance in Required Curriculum
S.B. 518
Requires study of the pledge of allegiance to the U.S. and Georgia flag as a part of the required studies regarding American institutions an...

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- Class Size
FLRejected by voters 11/2010P-12Class Size Requirements
Constitutional Amendment 8; SJR 2
Proposed amendment to the constitution to revise class size requirements for public schools as follows: (1) For grades Pre-kindergarten thro...

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FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12Class Size Requirements
H.B. 5101
Section 11 - Requires each local school board, before adoption of the district school budget for 2010-2011, to hold public hearings and prov...

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FLSigned into law 05/2010P-12Revises Maximum Class Size Requirements
SJR 2
Proposes a constitutional amendment to go before voters in November 2010; revises the maximum class size requirements; beginning with the 20...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Waivers to Reduce School Expenditures
H.B. 908
From bill summary: Temporarily waives certain expenditure controls relating to funds earned for direct instructional costs, media center cos...

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WISigned into law 05/2010P-12Class Size Reduction
A.B. 808
Previous law allowed an eligible school board that has entered into a five-year renewable student achievement guarantee (SAGE) contract with...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12State Reporting of Class Size and Charter School Funding
S.B. 56
Modifies the state superintendent's annual report of the public school system by: (1) requiring reporting of data on average class sizes cal...

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NVSigned into law 02/2010P-12Class Size
A.B. 4B
Revises provisions governing class-size reduction to allow school districts flexibility in addressing budget shortfalls; allows a school dis...

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- Curriculum
MISigned into law 12/2010P-12Gun Safety Instruction For Elementary School Pupils
S.B. 1402
Directs the state department of education develop or adopt, and make available to schools, one or more model programs for gun safety instruc...

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PAVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010P-12State Standards for Business, Computer and Information Technology Courses
H.B. 101- Section 1552
This section requires the Secretary of Education to establish state standards for business, computer and information technology courses with...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Curriculum
H.B. 2281
Prohibits a school district or charter school from including courses or classes that either promote the overthrow of the United States gover...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Arizona Gun Safety Program
H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Establishes the course's worth at one credit. Includes competently discharging a firearm at one or more targets to demonstrate marksmanship ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2010P-12Civics Education Act
H.B. 105
Civics Education [SPSC]; Designates act "Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Education Act"; provides requirement that reading portion of lan...

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MDSigned into law 05/2010P-12Task Force to Explore Incorporation of the Principles of Universal Design
S.B. 467
Establishes the Task Force to Explore the Incorporation of the Principles of Universal Design (i.e., an approach to education curriculum des...

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OKSigned into law 05/2010P-12High School Course on the Bible
H.B. 2321
Authorizes districts to offer an elective high school course on the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and its impact and an elective course ...

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OHSigned into law 03/2010P-12Funds for Simulated Driving Curriculum
H.B. 27
Creates the teen driver education license plate fund in the state treasury, from applicants who obtain teen driver education license plates....

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Money-Saving Measures
H.B. 166
Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Open Education Curriculum Board
S.B. 241
Establishes the Open Education Curriculum Board. Provides that the board may offer financial incentives to encourage individuals to submit e...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Authorizing Firearm Safety Programs
H.B. 1217
Allows local school boards to offer firearm safety education programs in the elementary grades; requires that program objectives incorporate...

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SDSigned into law 02/2010P-12Entrepreneurship Education
H.B. 1152
Requires the Department of Education to develop a framework for entrepreneurship education for use at middle and high school levels.
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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Economics Education and Financial Literacy
H.B. 196
Repeals the requirement for economics education and financial literacy instruction in middle and high schools.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-b...

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WISigned into law 02/2010P-12Science Credit for Agriculture Courses
A.B. 236
Act 114 requires school boards to award a science credit to a pupil for each agriculture course the pupil successfully completes in the high...

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WISigned into law 02/2010P-12Human Growth and Development Instruction
A.B. 458
The purpose of the statute on instruction in human growth and development instruction is to encourage all school boards to ensure that pupil...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Money-Saving Measures
H.B. 166
Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ...

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- Curriculum--Arts Education
NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Comprehensive Arts Education Development Plan
S.B. 66
Directs the state board of education to appoint a task force of members from the Department of Public Instruction and the Department of Cult...

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COSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Visual and Peforming Arts Standards
H.B. 1273
Amends several provisions of the Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act to specifically incorporate visual arts and performing a...

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WISigned into law 03/2010P-12Incentives for Community Theaters to Serve Arts Programs
A.B. 375
Relates to a property tax exemption for certain nonprofit community theaters that have a specified seating capacity and include facilities u...

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- Curriculum--Censorship
CASigned into law 08/2010P-12Charter School Students' Freedom of Expression
S.B. 438
Makes clear that provisions protecting public school students' right to freedom of speech and of the press are also applicable to charter sc...

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- Curriculum--Drivers Education
MASigned into law 08/2010P-12Motorcycle Drivers Education
S.B. 2344
An Act relative to assuring that motorcyclists between the ages of 16 and 18 are provided with adequate education relative to the proper saf...

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NHSigned into law 06/2010P-12Drivers Ed School Application
S.B. 477
Authorizes the department of safety to deny a driver education school application for failing to submit fingerprints. This bill also require...

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OHSigned into law 03/2010P-12Funds for Simulated Driving Curriculum
H.B. 27
Creates the teen driver education license plate fund in the state treasury, from applicants who obtain teen driver education license plates....

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- Curriculum--Excusal
NYSigned into law 08/2010P-12Student Rights re: Animal Dissection
A.B. 3467
Requires local boards to develop a policy to give all students enrolled in a course that includes animal dissection reasonable notice of the...

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- Curriculum--Family Living Education
KYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma
H.B. 285
Encourages high schools to include a segment on prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma during a student's final year of study. Provides...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Money-Saving Measures
H.B. 166
Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ...

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- Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
PAVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010P-12Economic Education and Personal Finance Literacy Programs
H.B. 101 - Section 1551
Requires the state department of education to establish and maintain a clearinghouse of information on ecnomic education and personal financ...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Consumer Education Proficiency Test
S.B. 3608
Repeals policies relating to the Annual Consumer Education Proficiency Test, for students in grades 9-12 who elected to take the test. Stude...

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TNSigned into law 06/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Financial Literacy for Tennessee Citizens
H.B. 3334
Requires the department of the treasury to develop by rule a financial literacy program for the purpose of improving the financial literacy ...

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ALSigned into law 03/2010P-12Personal Finance Course for High School Students
S.J.R. 95
Urges the state department of education and the state board of education to require local school districts to incorporate a money management...

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- Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Heritage Schools
S.B. 1116
Applies specified background check procedures to heritage schools, which serve children between the ages of 5 and 18 who attend a public or ...

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TNSigned into law 06/2010P-12Foreign Language Proficiency
H.B. 209
Before graduating from high school, students who have completed coursework in a foreign language are required to take a foreign language pro...

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TNSigned into law 05/2010P-12Foreign Language Instruction
S.B. 1075
Requires the state board of education to develop guidelines and criteria for the inclusion of foreign language instruction in grades kinderg...

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ORSigned into law 03/2010P-12Chinese Language
H.B. 3628A
Authorizes Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into contract for purpose of ensuring that Chinese language is available to public ...

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DESigned into law 02/2010P-12American Sign Language as World Language
H.B. 245
Recognizes American Sign Language as a World Language for purposes of school curriculum.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislat...

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- Curriculum--Geography Education
TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Integrating GIS into Career-Technical and Adult Curriculum
S.B. 2767
Requires the State Board of Education to study the integration of geographic information technology into career and technical education curr...

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- Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
DCAdopted 07/2010P-12Health and Wellness
LB 18-564 - Health and Wellness
Requires public schools and charter schools to provide health education to students in grades K-8. Requires schools to collaborate with pare...

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FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12Teen Dating Violence and Abuse Instruction
H.B. 467
Provides that comprehensive health education taught in public schools shall include component on teen dating violence and abuse for students...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Dating Violence Instruction
H.B. 46
Requires that each school year the governing authority of each public school shall 10 provide to students in grades seven through twelve enr...

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NCSigned into law 06/2010P-12Healthful Living Honors-Level Courses
H.B. 901
Directs the state board of education to develop or identify academically rigorous honors level courses in healthful living education that ca...

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OHSigned into law 06/2010P-12Student Health
S.B. 210, Part I
Establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council. Directs the council to:
(1) Monitor progress in improving student health and ...

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AKSigned into law 05/2010P-12Farm-to-School Program
H.B. 70
Establishes the farm-to-school program in the Department of Natural Resources; relates to school gardens, greenhouses and farms. Program wil...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Curriculum
S.B. 1308
AN ACT amending Title 15, chapter 3, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-342.02; amending title 15, chapter 7, article...

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- Curriculum--Language Arts
MISigned into law 10/2010P-12Native American Tribal Language and Culture Class/Teachers
S.B. 1014
Permits the Michigan Department of Education to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a federally recognized Native American tribe, ...

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- Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12Suspends Writing Assessments
H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 3
Requires the state department of education, for the 2010-2011 school year, to suspend the writing assessments in grades 3, 4, 6 and 7; Provi...

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- Curriculum--Mathematics
FLSigned into law 06/2010Postsec.
Community College
Tuition and Fee Waivers for Classroom Teachers
HB 723
Permits a state university or community college to waive tuition and fees for a classroom teacher, who is employed full-time by a school dis...

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NEAdopted 01/2010P-12Content Standards
Title 92, NAC Chapter 10 - Multiple Provisions
Requires no later than October 6, 2010, that school districts adopt new academic content standards in the subject area of mathematics determ...

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- Curriculum--Physical Education
NYVetoed 10/2010P-12Outdoor Playspace in NYC Public Schools
S.B. 2485
-Requires the chancellor of the New York City Department of Education to make an annual report to the governor and legislature on outdoor pl...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Self-Defense and Safety Instruction in P.E.
S.B. 1290
Requires the state board of education and the curriculum development and supplemental materials commission to include self-defense instructi...

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ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12State Physical Education Report
S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/2-3.97
Repeals the section concerning the state board of education's biennial physical education report to the governor and general assembly. Page ...

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DCAdopted 07/2010P-12Physical Education and Physical Activity
L.B. 18-564 - Physical Education and Physical Activity
Provides that one of the purposes of the newly-established Healthy Schools Fund is to make competitive grants available to public schools an...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Nutrition and Physical Activity Best Practices Database
S.B. 3706
Directs the state board of education to develop and maintain a nutrition and physical activity best practices database, to contain the resul...

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OHSigned into law 06/2010P-12Student Health
S.B. 210, Part I
Establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council. Directs the council to:
(1) Monitor progress in improving student health and ...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Physical Education
S.B. 1876
Requires that the physical education curriculum be sequential, developmentally appropriate, and designed, implemented, and evaluated to enab...

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ALPocket veto by governor 05/2010P-12Physical Education in Grades K-8
H.B. 105
Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, requires all students in grades K-8 to take physical education; provides that this may include dance...

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MNSigned into law 05/2010P-12Healthy Kids Awards Program
S.B. 2908
Establishes the healthy kids awards program to reward k-12th grade schools that implement policies and practices that create opportunities f...

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MDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Requires Support Spaces for Physical Education Instruction
H.B. 334/S.B. 256
Requires the state department of education to adopt regulations that require all public school buildings newly constructed or completely ren...

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- Curriculum--Science
PAVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010P-12Science Technology Partnerships
H.B. 101 - Article XV-F
Codifies existing "Science in Motion" program. Authorizes the department to administer a grant program to higher education institutions that...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Academic Content Standards Commission for Science and History-Social Science
A.B. 97
Establishes the Academic Content Standards Commission for Science and History-Social Science. Upon the state superintendent's recommendation...

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NYSigned into law 08/2010P-12Student Rights re: Animal Dissection
A.B. 3467
Requires local boards to develop a policy to give all students enrolled in a course that includes animal dissection reasonable notice of the...

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FLSigned into law 06/2010Postsec.
Community College
Tuition and Fee Waivers for Classroom Teachers
HB 723
Permits a state university or community college to waive tuition and fees for a classroom teacher, who is employed full-time by a school dis...

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WISigned into law 02/2010P-12Science Credit for Agriculture Courses
A.B. 236
Act 114 requires school boards to award a science credit to a pupil for each agriculture course the pupil successfully completes in the high...

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- Curriculum--Sex Education
WISigned into law 02/2010P-12Human Growth and Development Instruction
A.B. 458
The purpose of the statute on instruction in human growth and development instruction is to encourage all school boards to ensure that pupil...

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- Curriculum--Social Studies/History
CASigned into law 09/2010P-12California Holocaust Memorial Week
A.C.R. 31
Establishes the week of April 12 through April 18, 2010 as "California Holocaust Memorial Week," and urges Californians to observe these day...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Academic Content Standards Commission for Science and History-Social Science
A.B. 97
Establishes the Academic Content Standards Commission for Science and History-Social Science. Upon the state superintendent's recommendation...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Fred Korematsu Day
A.B. 1775
Adds each January 30, Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution, to the days having special significance for public schools...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12History-Social Science Framework and Textbooks
S.B. 1451
From bill summary: Requires the state board to inform the chairs of the assembly and senate education committees and the secretary for educa...

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CASigned into law 07/2010P-12Ed Roberts Day
S.B. 1256
Requires the Governor to proclaim January 23 of each year as Ed Roberts Day, and encourages public schools and educational institutions to c...

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CASigned into law 07/2010P-12Ronald Reagan Day
S.B. 944
Designates February 6 of each year as Ronald Reagan Day, and encourages public schools and educational institutions to conduct exercises rem...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Holocaust and Genocide Courses and Awareness
H.B. 6059
Establishes the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission, including ex officio membership by the state superintendent of education and the...

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OKSigned into law 04/2010P-12Event to Be Included in State History Education
H.B. 2750
Directs the state board of education to incorporate April 19, 1995, bombing information into the Oklahoma history social studies core curric...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Course of Instruction that Includes U.S. Government
S.B. 3432
As enacted, urges civics class be taught in high school.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB3432.pdf...

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- Demographics--Enrollments
MESigned into law 03/2010P-12Residence of Student Not Residing with Legal Parent/Guardian
S.B. 588 - Sec. 1
Provides that a student who is placed by the state department of health and human services with an adult who is not the parent or legal guar...

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- Economic/Workforce Development
CASigned into law 09/2010Community CollegePilot Program for Innovative Nursing and Allied Health Care Profession Education
A.B. 2385
Establishes the Pilot Program for Innovative Nursing and Allied Health Care Profession Education at the California Community Colleges. Provi...

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CAVetoed 09/2010Postsec.Aligning Cal C Grants with High-Need/-Wage/-Growth Occupations
S.B. 957
Primarily from bill summary: Requires that Cal C grants (which may already only be used for occupational or technical training) be used only...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12
Community College
Linking CTE Offerings to High-Priority Workforce Needs
S.B. 515
From bill summary: Commencing with the 2012–13 fiscal year, requires as a condition of receiving federal funds provided under the Carl D. Pe...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Partnership Academies in Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Businesses
S.B. 675
From bill summary: Requires the Controller annually to allocate $8,000,000 from the Energy Resources Program Account, upon appropriation by ...

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NYVetoed 08/2010Community CollegeTechnology Employment Community Hub (TECH) Centers Program
A.B. 356/S.B. 2293-B
Creates the technology employment community hub (TECH) centers program to award grants of up to $100,000 to community colleges to upgrade th...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010Postsec.Sharing New Energy Technologies
H.B. 6153
Authorizes the department of commerce and economic opportunity to, subject to appropriation, create financial incentive and grant programs t...

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KSSigned into law 07/2010P-12Kansas Broadband Advisory Task Force
E.O. 10-08
Governor established the Kansas Broadband Advisory Task Force with the following purposes and charges: (1) To develop recommendations for de...

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LASigned into law 06/2010Community CollegeWorkforce Training Programs
S.B. 712
Allows the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, with the approval of and in coordination with the Board of Regents, to ...

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LASigned into law 06/2010Postsec.
Community College
Higher Education Performance Agreements and Flexibility
H.B. 1171
Louisiana Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act; provides for performance agreements between the Board of Regents and public post...

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RISigned into law 06/2010Community College
Postsec.
Purpose of Community College of Rhode Island
H.B. 8181, S.B.2823
Extends role of the Community College of Rhode Island as a workforce development center. Redefines purpose of the community college to be "t...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12
Postsec.
Employment and Training Programs, State Career Pathways System
H.B. 8220
Amends powers and duties of Rhode Island Human Resource Investment Council. Repeals provision requiring council to prepare an annual report ...

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TNSigned into law 06/2010P-12
Community College
Cost of Licensing Tests for Adult Students with Financial Need
H.B. 2645
Requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in conjunction with the Department of Education, to develop, implement, and admi...

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COSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.
Community College
College Savings Accounts for Adult Learners
S.B. 202
Concerns college savings accounts for job retraining for adult learners; provides a tax exemption for employer matching contributions; relat...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12State Board of Education Membership
S.B. 379 - Sec. 1 and 2
Requires the state board of education to conduct a formal vote before closing or suspending operations of a vocational-technical school; Req...

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FLSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.
Community College
Review of Workforce Education Programs
HB 5201-Sec. 31
Requires the the office of program policy analysis and government accountability to conduct a review of the public school adult workforce ed...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12
Postsec.
Georgia Workforce Investment Board and Office of Workforce Development
H.B. 1195
Creates the Workforce Investment Board and the Governor's Office of Workforce Development for the purpose of implementing state workforce de...

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MNSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.
Community College
Study of Certificates and Diplomas
S.F. 184
Requires MnSCU with business and industry groups and labor unions to study options for lower credit credentials recognized by employers that...

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MNSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.
Community College
Surgical Technologist Pilot
S.F. 184
Directs MnSCU to establish a pilot project with participating health care facilities for the training, education, and employment of certifie...

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MNSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.
Community College
Nanotechnology Report
S.F. 184
Requires the U of M and MnSCU to report to the legislature by February 1, 2011, on nanotechnology research and education, including ethical ...

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NJSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.
Community College
New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act of 2009
S.B. 920
Meant to ease restrictions on public-private partnerships between higher education institutions and private entities, encouraging flexibilit...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12High Schools May Offer State-funded WorkKeys
H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 4
Permits high schools to offer state-funded WorkKeys (i.e., a job skill assessment system) to 10th grade students using funds appropriated fo...

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TXAdopted 05/2010Postsec.Career Opportunity Grant Program
19 TAC 22.181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188
H.B. 3519, 81st Texas Legislature, amended the Labor Code by adding s.305.003, mandating that the Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce...

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AZSigned into law 04/2010P-12
Community College
Corrections Education
S.B. 1093
Relates to nonviolent prisoners receiving work compensation under contract with the Department of Corrections in prison industries. Allows 5...

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HISigned into law 04/2010P-12
Postsec.
Statewide Longitudinal Data System
S.B. 2122
Requires the department of education, the University of Hawaii, and the department of labor and industrial relations, and other state agenci...

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IDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Job Training
H.B. 509
Amend Employment Security Law to allow the director of the department of labor to develop and
implement youth employment and job training pr...

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MDSigned into law 04/2010P-12
Postsec.
Maryland Longitudinal Data System
S.B. 275
Establishes the Maryland Longitudinal Data System (MLDS) as a statewide data system that contains individual-level student data and workforc...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010Postsec.
Community College
No Reduction in Unemployment Benefits if Enrolling in Higher Education
H.B. 2092, S.B. 1491
Prohibits the reduction or denial of unemployment benefits due to the claimant's enrollment in any institution of higher
education.
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VASigned into law 04/2010P-12Employment Programs for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
H.B. 1099
Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in coordination with the Department of Rehabilitative Services and ...

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WASigned into law 04/2010P-12
Community College
Economic/Workforce Development
H.B. 2630
Creates the opportunity express program to: (1) expand training and education programs such as the worker retraining program, the opportunit...

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MSSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Education Achievement Council
H.B. 1071
Establishes the Education Achievement Council to increase educational attainment of the state's working-age population by 2025.
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VASigned into law 03/2010Postsec.Workforce Development Authority
H.B. 1304
Creates the Virginia Workforce Development Authority to take over the duties of the Statewide Area Health Education Centers Program.
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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Workplace Readiness Skills
S.B. 630
Requires each local school board to include in its annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who passed the state Workp...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Workforce Program Evaluation
S.B. 459
Relates to workforce program evaluations and the sharing of certain data. Provides for certain agencies to share de-identified data to creat...

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VAIssued 03/2010Postsec.Establishing the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment
E.O. 9
Establishes the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment. Directs the commission to consider the current ...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12Job Training and Placement
H.B. 2651
Authorizes port districts to contract with nonprofit entities in order to participate in programs for job training and placement, preapprent...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Workforce Development
H.B. 2420
Requires the Employment Security Department to conduct an analysis of occupations in the forest products industry; require the Department of...

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VASigned into law 02/2010Postsec.
Community College
Duties of State Council of Higher Education
H.B. 7
Relates to State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; provides that when performing its duty to develop a uniform, comprehensive data i...

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NJSigned into law 01/2010Postsec.
Community College
Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth Act
A.B. 4325
Dedicates a percentage of funds from the Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skills to the State Community College Consortium for Workforc...

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NJSigned into law 01/2010Postsec.
Community College
NJ PLACE Program
A.B. 4327
Establishes NJ PLACE program to facilitate college credit for registered apprenticeship programs.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A4...

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- Equity
ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Diversity in Persons at Supervisory, Technical, Professional and Managerial Levels
S.B. 3531
Establishes the African American Employment Plan Act. Provides that the purposes of the act are to:

(a) improve the delivery of state serv...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Gender Equity Reporting
H.B. 910
Removes some requirements on the department of education relating to annual gender equity reporting; provides for related matters. http://ww...

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- Federal
MNSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.
Community College
Individual Student Data
S.F. 184
Authorizes the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to match individual student data from the student record enrollment database with indivi...

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MNSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.
Community College
Institution Eligibility Requirements
S.F. 184
Provides that institutions are eligible to participate in state student aid programs if the institution is:
•  operated by the state (MnSCU)...

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DESigned into law 02/2010P-12Alignment with Hed Start
H.B. 470
Modifies the responsibilities of the state's Mangement Resource Committee and Early Childhood Council to align the operations of those entit...

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- Finance
CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Eligibility of Entities for Federal Funding
A.B. 1683
From bill analysis: Requires the state board of education to include school districts, county offices of education, charter schools and othe...

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NJSigned into law 09/2010P-12State Funding for Special Education Services
A.B. 2300
Clarifies that a school district is eligible to receive and use chapter 193 State funding to provide special education evaluation services t...

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ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12Unfunded Mandates Prohibited
H.B. 4711
Provides that no public school district or private school is obligated to comply with any new unfunded mandate adopted by the legislature or...

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GASigned into law 06/2010P-12Georgia Education Authority
H.B. 936 - Section 2 and 3
Amends language related to the Georgia Education Authority (Schools). Reduces authority membership from 7 to 5 members; replaces existing me...

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GASigned into law 06/2010P-12Amendments to Transparency in Government Act
S.B. 389
Amends "Transparency in Government Act" to include in the definition of "agency" all departments (including the department of education), an...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Statewide E-Rate Program Fund
H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Establishes the Statewide E-Rate Program Fund to be administered by the Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) and consisting of th...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Grants to Assist with Implementation of New Grad Requirements
S.B. 438 - Sec. 18
Requires the state department of education to, within available appropriations, provide grants to local/regional school districts to begin i...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12Teacher and Administrator Salaries
H.J.R. 4838
Provides that a local school district may pay teachers based on the years of experience the teacher possessed in fiscal year 2009-2010 witho...

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MSSigned into law 04/2010P-12Plans for District Budget Cuts
H.B. 1170
Requires the school board of a school district having a certain ending fund balance in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 fiscal years to submit a plan...

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INSigned into law 03/2010P-12Funding Remedial Programs and School Fund Transfers
H.B. 1367
Adds a new chapter to the code, Chapter 8.5--Reading Deficiency Remediation Plan.
Requires the state superintendent and the state board...

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MSSigned into law 03/2010P-12School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act
H.B. 1349
Creates the School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act to assist districts that suffer revenue losses due to the economic downturn. Provides ...

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SDSigned into law 03/2010P-12Finance
S.B. 67
Revises property tax levies for the general fund of a school district; relates to agricultural property and single-family dwellings.
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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Change in Sales Tax Disbursal
H.B. 669/S.B. 413
Eliminates the requirement that every three years a census of all school-age persons residing within each school division take place; elimin...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12Finance
H.B. 2893
Changes school levy provisions; modifies the maximum levy percentage for specified calendar years; modifies provisions concerning the alloca...

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WYSigned into law 03/2010P-12Interdistrict Distance Education
H.B. 41
Relates to school finance; excludes district revenues derived from any tuition assessed by a district for the provision of distance educatio...

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IDSigned into law 02/2010P-12Unclaimed Property Act
H.B. 385
Relates to unclaimed property; allows the administrator of the Unclaimed Property Act a period of five years prior to turning property over ...

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NVVetoed 02/2010P-12Unpaid Furlough Leave
S.B. 3B
Provides for a temporary reduction in salary in lieu of furlough leave for state employees who are exempt from taking unpaid furlough leave;...

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NVSigned into law 02/2010P-12Finance
A.B. 5B
Provides a temporary waiver for the biennium to each school district, charter school and university school for profoundly gifted pupils from...

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VTSigned into law 02/2010P-12An Act Relating to Challenges for Change
S.B. 286
Puts forth challenge to policy makers, administrators, service providers, and school administrators to design outcome-driven changes in serv...

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- Finance--Bonds
AZTo governor. 04/2010P-12Sale of Bonds
H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Upon request of the school district, allows monies earned as interest or otherwise derived from the investment of the proceeds of the sale o...

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- Finance--District
TXAdopted 12/2010P-12Financial Solvency Review
19 TAC 109.1101
Establishes new s.109.1101, concerning financial solvency. Per the mandate in Section 39.0822 as established in 2009 H.B. 3, creates a finan...

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PAVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010P-12Omnibus Bill: Annual Financial Reports Section
H.B. 101
Section 218 requires annual financial reports for districts, charter schools, cyber charter schools, area vocation-technical schools and int...

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ALSigned into law 09/2010P-12Expenditures of Public School Funds
H.B. 724
Authorizes local boards of education, during FY 2011 only, to expend public school funds on any operating expense (according to SREB report,...

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NYVetoed 09/2010P-12School District Finance Security Task Force
S.B. 7323
Creates the school district finance security task force to develop guidelines for school districts to protect sensitive banking and other in...

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ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12Districts That Are Likely to Fail to Meet Payroll or Debt Payments
S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/1A-8
Adds that one of the circumstances under which (1) the state superintendent may require a district to share financial information relevant t...

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MOSigned into law 07/2010P-12School Property
H.B. 1831
This substitute allows a school district, after 10 years, to return donated real property to the original donor or to sell it as surplus.
ht...

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GASigned into law 06/2010P-12Donations and Gifts for Educational Purposes
H.B. 1200
Authorizes local boards of education to solicit and accept donations, contributions and gifts from any source for purposes of field trips an...

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GASigned into law 06/2010P-12Amendment to Transparency in Government Act
H.B. 1013
Requires local boards of education to submit specified information on tax revenues to the department of audits and accounts for posting on a...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12School District Transparency Act
S.B. 1633
Creates the school district transparency act; requires school district expenditure information be made available on state department of educ...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Temporary Suspension of Professional Development Requirements
H.B. 3029
For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, and June 30, 2012, a school district board of education may elect not to adopt and offer a profes...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Approval of School Auditors
S.B. 2034
Provides for approval of school auditors by state auditor and inspector (instead of the state board of education). Sets certain requirements...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Statewide Purchasing System and Programs
H.B. 7397, Article 13, Section 5
Authorizes the department of elementary and secondary education, with the department of administration, to implement a statewide purchasing ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Online Access to Financial Data
H.B. 2282
Relates to a comprehensive database of receipts and expenditures of state monies; relates to an official internet website that is electronic...

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TXAdopted 05/2010P-12Commissioner's Rules Concerning Financial Accountability Rating System
19 TAC 109.1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
Updates the financial accountability rating system by specifying new provisions that will be implemented beginning with ratings based on dat...

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AZSigned into law 04/2010P-12Finance
H.B. 2386
Relates to school district override elections; amends a notification date; relates to a special program for children with disabilities in pr...

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IDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Finance
H.B. 682
Amends the School Bond Guaranty Act; provides that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make reports of school district solvency; ...

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NESigned into law 04/2010P-12School-Based Health Centers
L.B. 1106
From the fiscal note: Allows school-based health centers to be Medicaid providers. School-based health services may include medical health, ...

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OKSigned into law 04/2010P-12Requires Districts to Comply with State Student Record System Requirements
S.B. 2211
Requires any school district that is not in compliance with the standards and requirements established by the State Board of Education relat...

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WISigned into law 04/2010P-12Act 215 - Misc. Provisions
S.B. 437
Requires boards annually to prepare budgets for each school in the district. Requires boards to collaborate with nonprofits and government a...

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COSigned into law 03/2010P-12Public School Financial Transparency Act
H.B. 1036
Enacts the Public School Financial Transparency Act, which requires school districts, district charter schools, boards of cooperative educat...

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IASigned into law 03/2010P-12Standards for School Business Officials
H.B. 2461
Directs the state board to set standards and procedures for the approval of training programs for individuals who seek an authorization issu...

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NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12School District Budget Flexibility
S.B. 97
Provides flexibility to school districts to meet state fiscal solvency requirements; provides that the Secretary of Education may waive requ...

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NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12School/Charter Finance and Audit Committees
H.B. 227
Requires local school boards and governing authorities of charter schools to establish finance subcommittees and audit committees. The finan...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Public Hearings on Proposed District Budgets
S.B. 57
Modifies requirements regarding notice of a public hearing on a proposed school district budget. Requires a local school board to post a pro...

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IASigned into law 01/2010P-12School Budget Review Committee
H.B. 2030
Modifies membership and duties of the School Budget Review Committee. Duties modify relate to review of a school district's unexpended fund ...

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MISigned into law 01/2010P-12Access to Basic Instructional Supplies
H.B. 926 - Sec. 166c
Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Requires district boards of education to ensure that all teachers and principals working in ...

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- Finance--Facilities
CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Federal Tax Credit Bond Volume Cap
A.B. 2560
Authorizes the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California School Financing Authority (CSFA) to assign and distribute the st...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12CTE Facilities
S.B. 1380
From bill summary: Requires school facilities constructed or modernized with specified bond funds set aside for career technical education p...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Performance Audits on School Facilities Bonds Proceeds
S.B. 1473
Defines the standards and methodologies to be used on performance audits for funds related to certain school facilities projects. Requires t...

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FLSigned into law 07/2010P-12District Facilities
HB 7037 - Secs. 11-20
Repeals the SMART Schools Clearinghouse. Directs the Office of Educational Facilities (rather than the SMART Schools Clearinghouse) to monit...

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GAAdopted 07/2010P-12Educational Facility Site, Construction, and Reimbursement
160-5-4-.16
Amends provisions governing approval of all sites to be used for instructional purposes, design of all new educational facilities, additions...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Early Childhood Construction Grants
S.B. 3460
In provisions concerning early childhood construction grants, provides that a public school district or other eligible entity must provide l...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Eligibility for School Construction Grants
H.B. 5633
Amends the School Construction Law. Requires the grant index to be calculated for each of the school districts forming a reorganized school ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2010P-12School District Intergovernmental Cooperation Renewable Energy Act
H.B. 6419
Authorizes any two or more school districts to form an agency, by establishment of an intergovernmental agreement, to acquire and construct ...

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NHSigned into law 06/2010P-12Options to Renovating/Replacing Facilities
S.B. 59
Requires school districts to investigate feasible options in the course of deciding to renovate or replace an existing school building. Prov...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12School Facilities
S.B. 1187
AN ACT amending section 15[ ] 2041, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2010, chapter 17, section 20.
Allows the school facilities...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Eligibility for Capital Outlay Projects
H.B. 905
Provides that specific provisions allowing districts to receive state funds for capital outlay projects will be repealed effective June 30, ...

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ILAdopted 05/2010P-12Temporary Relocation Expenses
23 IAC 145.10, .20, .30, .50, .60
These proposed amendments make numerous changes to the way in which the Temporary Relocation Program operates that respond to various circum...

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AZSigned into law 04/2010P-12Facilities maintenance
H.B. 2760
AN ACT Amending title 15, chapter 3, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15[ ] 342.01; amending section 15[ ] 2002, Arizo...

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HISigned into law 04/2010P-12School-Level Minor Repair and Maintenance
S.B. 2117
Repeals the school-level minor repair and maintenance account and reporting requirements. Requires the department of education to annually r...

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KYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Efficient Design in School Buildings
S.B. 132
Defines "efficient school design". Enumerates the public benefits of schools constructed or renovated using efficient school design. Creates...

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KYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Leasing Land to Build Schools
S.B. 114
Allows nonprofit entities (including school boards) to lease land from any government entity or agency for purposes of constructing a school...

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- Finance--Federal
CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Eligibility of Entities for Federal Funding
A.B. 1683
From bill analysis: Requires the state board of education to include school districts, county offices of education, charter schools and othe...

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GASigned into law 06/2010P-12Georgia Education Authority
H.B. 936 - Section 2 and 3
Amends language related to the Georgia Education Authority (Schools). Reduces authority membership from 7 to 5 members; replaces existing me...

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GASigned into law 06/2010P-12Amendments to Transparency in Government Act
S.B. 389
Amends "Transparency in Government Act" to include in the definition of "agency" all departments (including the department of education), an...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Support for "Race to the Top" Grant
S.J.R. 2888
Joint resolution supporing the federal "Race to the Top" grant program and urging the governor and the Rhode Island Department of Elementary...

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RISIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2010P-12"Race to the Top" Round Two
H.J.R. 8175
Joint resolution supporting the Federal "Race to the Top" grant program and urging the governor and the Rhode Island Department of Elementar...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12Race to the Top
S.B. 1E - Section 8
Adds Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 53100) to the Education Code. Numbers below relate to new section numbers.

53100: For purposes of...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12Legislative Intent and Race to the Top
S.B. 1E - Section 1
Establishes legislative intent regarding California's efforts in the federal Race to the Top competition. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-1...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12State Longitudinal Data System
S.B. 1E - Section 21
Adds that further purposes of state longitudinal data system are (1) to allow the state to publicly report data, as specified by the federal...

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- Finance--Funding Formulas
ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Use of Bilingual Education Funds
S.B. 3635
In provisions concerning the account of expenditures for transitional bilingual education programs, requires that at least 60% of state bili...

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HISigned into law 06/2010P-12Defining and Lengthening School Year
H.B. 2486
Defines "student instructional hours" as time during which students are engaged in learning activities, including regularly-scheduled instru...

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ILSigned into law 06/2010P-12Grants for Preschool Educational Programs
S.B. 2594
Deletes language providing that the state board of education must provide the primary source of funding through appropriations for the grant...

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MOSigned into law 06/2010P-12Finance
H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions
In fiscal years 2011 through 2013 the requirement for school districts to dedicate 1% of their formula funding to professional development a...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Calculating Funding for Online Instruction
S.B. 2109
For state funding purposes, requires the state department to include the appropriate grade level weight and all category weights to which th...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Education Funding Formula
H.B. 8094, S.B. 2770
From RILIN "2010 List of Legislative Accomplishments": Establishes the first statewide education funding formula the state has had in 15 yea...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Finance Formula
S.B. 1284
Bill makes multiple technical changes to the state's school funding formula along with the following major revisions:
(1) Clarifies calculat...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Waivers to Reduce School Expenditures
H.B. 908
From bill summary: Temporarily waives certain expenditure controls relating to funds earned for direct instructional costs, media center cos...

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ILAdopted 05/2010P-12Temporary Relocation Expenses
23 IAC 145.10, .20, .30, .50, .60
These proposed amendments make numerous changes to the way in which the Temporary Relocation Program operates that respond to various circum...

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COSigned into law 04/2010P-12School Finance Study
S.B. 8
Authorizes the state education department to contract with an organization to evaluate the feasibility of a system based on the average numb...

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COSigned into law 04/2010P-12Alternative Funding Models
H.B. 1183
Creates the alternative school funding models pilot program to encourage school districts and charter schools to collect data that will be u...

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NESigned into law 04/2010P-12
Postsec.
Multiple Provisions
L.B. 1071
Provides for the calculation of state aid for unified systems and makes changes related to the early childhood education programs to be incl...

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CAEmergency Rule Adoption 03/2010P-12Reducing Instructional Days without Incurring Penalties
Title 5 CCR Sections 19824, 19851, 19854
Amends three sections of the audit guide to bring the regulations into conformance with legislation enacted effective July 28, 2009 (Assembl...

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RISigned into law 03/2010P-12Community Forums to Describe Education Funding Formula
H.R. 7895
Urges the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to hold community forums throughout the state to describe the Rhode Island Depa...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Programs Funded At or Below $10,000 in a District
H.B. 149 - Section 3
Adds Section 53A-17a-105.5. Defines "qualifying program" as (1) the at-risk flow through program; (2) the homeless and disadvantaged minorit...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12Finance
H.B. 2776
Adopts the technical details of a new k-12 funding distribution formula for the instructional program of basic education and authorizing a p...

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SDSigned into law 02/2010P-12Finance
S.B. 25
Repeals provisions related to tuition for students transferring from a resident district that does not receive state aid to education; repea...

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SDSigned into law 02/2010P-12School Finance
H.B. 1108
Revises the definition of the general fund base percentage in the calculation of state aid to education.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2...

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UTSigned into law 02/2010P-12Charter School Finance
H.B. 1
Provides that if monies appropriated to charter schools to replace local property taxes are less than the amount prescribed by a statutory f...

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KYAdopted 01/2010P-12Recording Student Attendance
702 KAR 7:125
Adds section providing definitions of: "full day of attendance" (student in attendance at least 65% of regularly-scheduled school day), "tar...

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- Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Georgia Foundation for Public Education
S.B. 427
Establishes the Georgia Foundation for Public Education. Provides for its membership, duties, powers and purposes, including (among other pu...

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- Finance--Lotteries
TNSigned into law 06/2010Postsec.Lottery Scholarships
S.B. 2899
As enacted, redefines "eligible independent postsecondary institution" to include institutions that are members of an accrediting agency tha...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Lottery-Funded Grants and Technical Assistance - Evaluation
S.B. 980
From the Fiscal Note: Requires the Commissioner of Education to report annually any findings and recommendations concerning the system of co...

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WASigned into law 04/2010Postsec.
Community College
Opportunity Pathways Accounts
S.B. 6409
Creates the Opportunity Pathways Account; requires funds in the account to stabilize and increase existing resources for the recruitment of ...

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- Finance--Private Giving
KSSigned into law 05/2010Postsec.Gifts to Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 2446
Clarifies current law regarding gifts and donations to universities, and provides guidelines on the acceptance of gifts by a foundation. Gif...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010Postsec.Disclosure of Gifts to Postsecondary Institutions from Foreign Persons
H.B. 114
Defines "foreign person" and "conditional gift". Requires any higher education institution to disclose to the board of regents receipt durin...

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- Finance--Resource Efficiency
NCSigned into law 08/2010Postsec.Higher Education Energy Conservation Measures
H.B. 1292
Provides that any energy savings realized by constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina must remain available to the insti...

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RI07/2010P-12Cooperative Service Among School Districts Act of 2010
H.B. 7668, S.B. 2266
Establishes the Cooperative Service Among School Districts Act of 2010 to maximize both educational effectiveness and business services, to ...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Statewide Purchasing System and Programs
H.B. 7397, Article 13, Section 5
Authorizes the department of elementary and secondary education, with the department of administration, to implement a statewide purchasing ...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12Report Cards
H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 1 and 2
Suspends the requirement that the department of education provide printed copies of 2010 district and school report cards; Requires schools ...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12Interdistrict Cooperative Programs
H.B. 2913
Authorizes creation of innovative interdistrict cooperative high school programs designed to provide interdisciplinary curriculum and instru...

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- Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
CASigned into law 10/2010P-12Deferring Payments to Districts
A.B. 1624
Allows the state to defer up to $3.2 billion in payments to school districts until additional funding can be found. http://www.leginfo.ca.go...

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MISigned into law 09/2010P-12Online Education Programs Required Report
S.B. 1154 - Sec. 903
Requires the state department of education to work with districts that operate as a school of excellence cyber school and districts that ope...

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TXAdopted 06/2010P-12Adult Basic and Secondary Education
19 TAC 89.21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Primarily from Texas Register:
Amends provisions to accommodate the 2009 General Appropriations Act (SB 1), which requires that a new fundi...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Waivers to Reduce School Expenditures
H.B. 908
From bill summary: Temporarily waives certain expenditure controls relating to funds earned for direct instructional costs, media center cos...

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HISigned into law 05/2010P-12Restoring Instructional Days for 2010-11 School Year
S.B. 2124
Appropriates Hawaii hurricane relief fund moneys to make funds available to restore instructional days for the 2010-11 school year if an agr...

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VTEligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2010P-12Implementing Results of "Challenges for Change"
H.B. 792
Proposes to implement results of the earlier "Challenges for Change" legislation. Education-related provisions (beginning page 141) include ...

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ALSigned into law 04/2010P-12Bonds to Support Public Education
H.B. 743
The state of Alabama issued $66.5 million in bonds dedicated toward public education. These bonds were paid for through dedicated state exci...

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MDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Waiver of Maintenance of Effort Penalty for Public Ed.
H.B. 223
Waives the fiscal 2010 county maintenance of effort (MOE) penalty for public education; Directs the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and...

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MSSigned into law 04/2010P-12Plans for District Budget Cuts
H.B. 1170
Requires the school board of a school district having a certain ending fund balance in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 fiscal years to submit a plan...

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MSSigned into law 03/2010P-12School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act
H.B. 1349
Creates the School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act to assist districts that suffer revenue losses due to the economic downturn. Provides ...

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NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12School District Budget Flexibility
S.B. 97
Provides flexibility to school districts to meet state fiscal solvency requirements; provides that the Secretary of Education may waive requ...

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OHSigned into law 03/2010P-12Distinction between Online AP Courses and Clearinghouse of Distance Learning Courses
S.B. 155 - Section 6
Amends 371.50.90 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly (enacted July 2009). Clarifies that from an appropriation item in 2009 H.B...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Money-Saving Measures
H.B. 166
Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Programs Funded At or Below $10,000 in a District
H.B. 149 - Section 3
Adds Section 53A-17a-105.5. Defines "qualifying program" as (1) the at-risk flow through program; (2) the homeless and disadvantaged minorit...

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IASigned into law 01/2010P-12Delay in Allowable Growth, School Foundation Program
S.B. 2045
Delays establishing the state percent of growth, also known as allowable growth, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2011, from the 2010 L...

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- Finance--Student Fees
UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Private and Homeschool Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities
S.B. 66
Provides that a minor enrolled in a private school or a home school is eligible to participate in extracurricular activities at a public sch...

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- Finance--Taxes/Revenues
GASigned into law 06/2010P-12Amendment to Transparency in Government Act
H.B. 1013
Requires local boards of education to submit specified information on tax revenues to the department of audits and accounts for posting on a...

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RISIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2010P-12"Race to the Top" Round Two
H.J.R. 8175
Joint resolution supporting the Federal "Race to the Top" grant program and urging the governor and the Rhode Island Department of Elementar...

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ALSigned into law 04/2010P-12Bonds to Support Public Education
H.B. 743
The state of Alabama issued $66.5 million in bonds dedicated toward public education. These bonds were paid for through dedicated state exci...

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AZSigned into law 04/2010P-12Finance
H.B. 2386
Relates to school district override elections; amends a notification date; relates to a special program for children with disabilities in pr...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Property Tax Revenue
H.B. 295
Amends provisions in the Minimum School Program Act related to certain uses of school district property tax revenue. Allows local school boa...

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NESigned into law 02/2010P-12Potential Revenue Source
L.B. 235
Provides the Board of Educational Lands and Funds with the power to issue leases relating to solar and wind energy and enter into contracts ...

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IASigned into law 01/2010P-12School Budget Review Committee
H.B. 2030
Modifies membership and duties of the School Budget Review Committee. Duties modify relate to review of a school district's unexpended fund ...

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- Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
HIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2010P-12Department of Education and School Parking Fees
S.B. 2256
Authorizes the department of education to make rules governing traffic and parking conditions on roadways and other areas under the jurisdic...

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OHSigned into law 03/2010P-12Funds for Simulated Driving Curriculum
H.B. 27
Creates the teen driver education license plate fund in the state treasury, from applicants who obtain teen driver education license plates....

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Autism Awareness Funds
H.B. 327
Creates an Autism Awareness support special group license plate for programs that create or support autism awareness programs. Requires appl...

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- Governance
IDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Idaho Education Network
H.B. 727
Amends and adds to existing law relating to the Idaho Education Network to revise the duties of the State Superintendent of Public Instructi...

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IASigned into law 03/2010P-12Review of Area Education Agency System Model
H.B. 2295
Establishes a task force to review the present mission, structure, governance, and funding of the area education agency system to determine ...

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ORSigned into law 03/2010P-12Education Service Districts
S.B. 987A
Removes sunset on pilot education service districts; allows existing pilot education service districts to organize as shared governance educ...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Innovation Schools
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
An Innovation School shall be a public school, operating within a public school district, that is established for the purpose of improving s...

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- Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
FLSigned into law 07/2010P-12Repeals Deregulated Public Schools Pilot Program
HB 7037 - Sec 29 and 30
Repeals 1003.63, which created the deregulated public schools pilot program. Also repeals subsection (7) of section 1008.345, which allowed ...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12School Waivers from Regulations
H.B. 1368
Authorizes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to exempt districts from various laws and regulations pertaining to educati...

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- Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
NYVetoed 08/2010Postsec.SUNY and CUNY Trustees
S.B. 1736
Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and CUNY. Prohibits specified ...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12School Board Business, Conflicts of Interest
S.B. 3515
Allows a school treasurer to pay recurring bills upon certification by the clerk or secretary of the school board (instead of requiring an o...

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TXAdopted 06/2010P-12Code of Ethics for Texas Permanent School Fund
19 TAC 33.5
Amends s.33.5, concerning the code of ethics policy for managing and investing the Texas Permanent School Fund. Section 33.5 establishes pro...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Local Board Members and Local Superintendents
S.B. 84
Requires local board member who moves out of local board jurisdiction to notify the local board secretary within 10 days of such move. Allow...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Financial Disclosures/Conflicts of Interest
H.B. 270
Requires candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general, state legislator, or state board of...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 188
Expands the membership of the state board of education by including a member of the state charter school board as a nonvoting member. Remove...

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- Governance--Mandates
ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12Report on Waivers Granted
S.B. 3681 - (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25g(f)
Deletes language requiring that on or before February 1, 1998, and each year thereafter, the state board of education submit a cumulative re...

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ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12Unfunded Mandates Prohibited
H.B. 4711
Provides that no public school district or private school is obligated to comply with any new unfunded mandate adopted by the legislature or...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Instructional Mandates Task Force
H.B. 4209
Defines "instructional mandate" as any state law that requires a district to devote any amount of time to the instruction of or engagement b...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Commission to Study Relief from State Mandates
S.R. 3013
Creates a special legislative commission to study relief from state mandates. Includes among the commission's nine members the commissioner ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Money-Saving Measures
H.B. 166
Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ...

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- Governance--School Boards
HIApproved by voters 11/2010P-12Appointed Board of Education
H.B. 2376
Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to direct the governor to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, ap...

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LASigned into law 08/2010P-12Local School Board Authority
H.B. 942
Addressed the prohibitions on the involvement of members of local school boards in personnel matters with respect to the hiring, firing and ...

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HIVetoed 07/2010P-12Appointed Board of Education from Nominations by Advisory Council
H.B. 2377
Requires board of education members to be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor from po...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12School Board Business, Conflicts of Interest
S.B. 3515
Allows a school treasurer to pay recurring bills upon certification by the clerk or secretary of the school board (instead of requiring an o...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Prohibition on Use of Public Funds
H.B. 593
Prohibits local boards of education from using public funds to endorse or oppose a referendum, election or a particular candidate for electi...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12School Boards May Jointly Purchase Employee Health Insurance
H.B. 5424
Allows two or more boards of education to jointly purchase health insurance for their employees. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/Pa/pdf/2010P...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Boards of Education Cooperative Arrangement
H.B. 5336
Establishes a grant in fiscal year 2012 to any municipality whose board of education makes a cooperative arrangement with at least one other...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Local Board Members and Bail Bond Businesses
H.B. 980
Repeals provision that barred a local school board member from engaging in the bail bond business in the jurisdiction of the board to which ...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Local Board Members and Local Superintendents
S.B. 84
Requires local board member who moves out of local board jurisdiction to notify the local board secretary within 10 days of such move. Allow...

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TNSigned into law 05/2010P-12Updating Policies
S.B. 3255
Requires that local districts update their policy pamphlets every two years, rather than annually.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/...

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MDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Local Boards of Education Master Plans
S.B. 74
Requires local boards of education to continue submitting annual updates to their master plans in October 2010 and October 2011 and delays t...

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NESigned into law 04/2010P-12Council Per Diems Eliminated
L.B. 937
Eliminates per diem payments for learning community coordinating council members.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/...

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ORVetoed 04/2010P-12Governance
S.B. 1014A
Clarifies that state board or commission may meet through telephone or other electronic means; provides that members who attend a meeting th...

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KYSigned into law 03/2010P-12Determination of District Boundaries for School Board Elections
S.B. 35
Establishes a deadline of January 1, 2011 for cities and school boards to submit to the county clerk a list of properties and boundaries and...

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NESigned into law 03/2010P-12Learning Community Coordinating Councils
L.B. 1070
Allows expenses for non-voting members of learning community coordinating councils, modifies the levy authority for learning communities, ch...

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DESigned into law 02/2010P-12School District Elections
H.B. 244
Amends the notice requirements for school districts conducting elections; provides a deadline for a district to return voter affidavits if g...

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DESigned into law 02/2010P-12Training on Due Process
H.B. 386
Requires school board members to receive training concerning special education due process hearings.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.ns...

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- Governance--School Boards--Training
NYSigned into law 08/2010P-12Training for Local Board Members
S.B. 4658
Adds to existing provision requiring local school board members to complete at least six hours of training on the financial oversight, accou...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12School Board Training
H.B. 488
Requires each member of a local public school board to receive a minimum of sixteen hours of training and instruction during the first year ...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12School Board Professional Development
S.B. 2777
Requires that school committees (local school boards) undergo at least six hours of professional development annually. http://www.rilin.stat...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Local Board Members and Local Superintendents
S.B. 84
Requires local board member who moves out of local board jurisdiction to notify the local board secretary within 10 days of such move. Allow...

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- Governance--Site-Based Management
WVSigned into law 07/2010P-12School-level Collaborative Teams
S.B. 2006
Encourages teacher collaboration through the establishment of alternative school-level decision-making bodies; creates a process for schools...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12School Governance Council
S.B. 438 - Sec. 21
Permits the local/regional board of education for a school that has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant or designated as a lo...

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KYSigned into law 01/2010P-12Interventions for Persistently Low-Achieving Schools and Advanced Placement
H.B. 176
Amends accountability provisions in KRS 160.346. Defines "persistently low-achieving school". Defines "school intervention" as a process cho...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Innovation Schools
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
An Innovation School shall be a public school, operating within a public school district, that is established for the purpose of improving s...

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- Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
HIApproved by voters 11/2010P-12Appointed Board of Education
H.B. 2376
Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to direct the governor to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, ap...

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ALSigned into law 09/2010P-12State Agency Employee Furloughs
H.B. 678
Authorizes a state agency to enact an employee furlough plan if the plan is approved by the state personnel department. Provides any adopted...

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LASigned into law 08/2010P-12Broadcast of State Board Meetings
H.B. 403
Requires live broadcasts over the Internet of State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meetings. The meetings must be recorded and ...

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TXAdopted 08/2010P-12Administration of State Board for Educator Certification
19 TAC 250.1, 2, 3, 20, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49
The State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) proposes an amendment to s.250.1, the repeal of s.s.250.2, 250.3, 250.20, 250.30- 250.34, ...

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HIVetoed 07/2010P-12Appointed Board of Education from Nominations by Advisory Council
H.B. 2377
Requires board of education members to be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor from po...

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HIVetoed 07/2010P-12Salaries of State Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, Complex Area Superintendents
S.B. 2434
Increases the salary cap for the superintendent of education to $160,000 a year, and creates an annual performance bonus (of no more than $3...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Diversity in Persons at Supervisory, Technical, Professional and Managerial Levels
S.B. 3531
Establishes the African American Employment Plan Act. Provides that the purposes of the act are to:

(a) improve the delivery of state serv...

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HISigned into law 06/2010P-12Teacher Standards Board
S.B. 2346
Makes numerous changes relating to the Hawaii teacher standards board. Requires the board to include expenditure information in its annual r...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Adult Education
S.B. 297
Eliminates the division of adult and community education within the Dept. of Education and transfers the responsibility for adult education ...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12State Superintendent Qualifications
H.B. 251
Provides that the state superintendent shall possess certain minimum qualifications at the time of appointment by the State Board of Element...

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TNSigned into law 06/2010P-12
Postsec.
Video-Streamed Meetings
H.B. 2474
Requires meetings of the state board of education, the Tennessee higher education commission, the Tennessee board of regents and the board o...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12State Board of Education Membership
S.B. 379 - Sec. 1 and 2
Requires the state board of education to conduct a formal vote before closing or suspending operations of a vocational-technical school; Req...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Georgia Foundation for Public Education
S.B. 427
Establishes the Georgia Foundation for Public Education. Provides for its membership, duties, powers and purposes, including (among other pu...

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ILSigned into law 05/2010P-12Educational Service Centers
H.B. 16
Permits educational service centers to provide training in the area of financial planning. Eliminates the Suburban Cook County Regional Offi...

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HIBecame law without governor's signature 04/2010P-12Early Learning Council Meetings
S.B. 2121
Allows the Early Learning Council to conduct meetings by teleconference. Sets out quorum requirements and public notice and participation re...

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MDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Student Member of the State Board Voting Rights
S.B. 536
Allows the student member of the state board of education to vote on the dismissal of or other disciplinary actions involving personnel, the...

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ALSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Vacancies in Leadership Positions
H.B. 79
Amends Sections 16-4-1.1 and 16-60-111.1. Requires the state board to post a vacancy notice for the position of state superintendent of educ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Financial Disclosures/Conflicts of Interest
H.B. 270
Requires candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general, state legislator, or state board of...

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- Health
ILSigned into law 12/2010P-12Care of Students with Diabetes
H.B. 6065
Creates the Care of Students with Diabetes Act. Requires that a diabetes care plan serve as the basis of a student's Section 504 plan, and t...

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ILAdopted 12/2010P-12Recess in Schools Task Force
S.J.R. 80
Creates a Recess in Schools Task Force. Charges the task force with examining the barriers facing schools in providing daily recess to every...

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ILAdopted 11/2010P-12Influenza Mass Vaccinations
H.R. 1165
States the House of Representatives' support for school-based influenza mass vaccination collaborations among local health departments and e...

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PAVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010P-12Use of Asthma Inhalers and Epinephrine Auto-Injectors
H.B. 101- Section 1414.1
Provides for the possession and use of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors by students within school entities. Requires each school entity to amend i...

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PAVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010P-12Local Wellness Policies & Duties of the State Department
H.B. 101- Sections 1422.1, 1422,3
Requires that local policies include food allergy. Also requires the department to provide certain notifications to schools and to colaborat...

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MEIssued 10/2010P-12School-Based H1N1 Vaccination Clinics
E.O. 05 FY 11/12
Directs the director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency to coordinate with the department of health and human services, Maine Center f...

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NYVetoed 10/2010P-12Outdoor Playspace in NYC Public Schools
S.B. 2485
-Requires the chancellor of the New York City Department of Education to make an annual report to the governor and legislature on outdoor pl...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12Integrated Pest Management
S.B. 1157
From bill summary: Beginning January 1, 2014, requires all schoolsites to adopt an integrated pest management program as established, admini...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12
Community College
Authority of Physician's Assistant
S.B. 1069
From bill analysis: Authorizes a physician's assistant to:
(1) Certify that teacher certification or renewal candidates are free from any c...

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CASigned into law 08/2010P-12Student Immunizations
A.B. 1937
Permits specified health care professionals acting under the direction of a supervising physician and surgeon to administer immunizations to...

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ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12Students with Asthma
H.B. 5836
Clarifies provisions related to student self-administration of asthma medication or student use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Provides th...

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NYSigned into law 08/2010P-12Child Care/Day Care Facilities and CPR
A.B. 7923
Requires at least one employee at a child day care facility or family day care home to be trained and certified in cardiopulmonary resuscita...

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NYSigned into law 08/2010P-12Notifications of Bedbug Infestations at School
A.B. 5434
Applicable only to New York City: Requires public school principals to immediately notify parents of any bedbug infestations found in a scho...

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DCAdopted 07/2010P-12Physical Education and Physical Activity
L.B. 18-564 - Physical Education and Physical Activity
Provides that one of the purposes of the newly-established Healthy Schools Fund is to make competitive grants available to public schools an...

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DCAdopted 07/2010P-12Health and Wellness
LB 18-564 - Health and Wellness
Requires public schools and charter schools to provide health education to students in grades K-8. Requires schools to collaborate with pare...

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DCAdopted 07/2010P-12Healthy Youth and Schools Commission
L.B. 18-564 - Healthy Youth and Schools Commission
Establishes the Healthy Youth and Schools Commission to advise the mayor and the council on health, wellness and nutritional issues concerni...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Nutrition and Physical Activity Best Practices Database
S.B. 3706
Directs the state board of education to develop and maintain a nutrition and physical activity best practices database, to contain the resul...

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FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12Prescribed Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements
S.B. 166
Allows a student who has experienced or is at risk for pancreatic insufficiency or who has been diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis may carr...

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FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12Teen Dating Violence and Abuse Instruction
H.B. 467
Provides that comprehensive health education taught in public schools shall include component on teen dating violence and abuse for students...

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OHSigned into law 06/2010P-12Student Health
S.B. 210, Part I
Establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council. Directs the council to:
(1) Monitor progress in improving student health and ...

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OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Physical Education
S.B. 1876
Requires that the physical education curriculum be sequential, developmentally appropriate, and designed, implemented, and evaluated to enab...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Lyme Disease
H.B. 7418A, S.B. 2265B
Directs the department of elementary and secondary education, in collaboration with the department of health, to make Lyme disease awareness...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12School and Youth Programs Concussion act
H.B. 7036, S.B. 2034
Requires the department of education and the department of health to work with the Rhode Island interscholastic league to inform coaches, yo...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Guidelines for Educating Coaches and Players About Concussions
H.B. 7036
This act would require school districts to work with the Rhode Island interscholastic league to develop guidelines for educating coaches and...

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SCSigned into law 06/2010P-12Dental Health Education, Screening, and Treatment Referral
S.B. 286
Directs the department of health and environmental control to implement a targeted community program for dental health education, screening,...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Student Health
H.B. 2080
Expands the types of health professionals who may certify a pupil has a chronic health problem. Adds physician assistants, nurse practitione...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Student Athletes - Concussions and Head Injuries
S.B. 456
Requires coaches of intramural and interscholastic athletics to complete annual training regarding the recognition of and dangers associated...

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FLSigned into law 05/2010P-12Diabetes Management
H.B. 747
Prohibits a school district from restricting the assignment of a student who has diabetes to a particular school on the basis that the stude...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Diabetes Control Grant Program
S.B. 435
Enacts the Diabetes and Health Improvement Act of 2010. Establishes the Diabetes Control Grant Program. Provides for an advisory committee. ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2010P-12Healthy Kids Awards Program
S.B. 2908
Establishes the healthy kids awards program to reward k-12th grade schools that implement policies and practices that create opportunities f...

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NHSigned into law 05/2010P-12Air Quality in Schools
H.B. 1265
Requires the school board of each school district to develop and implement a policy to address air quality in schools.
http://www.gencourt.s...

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NYSigned into law 05/2010P-12Prohibition on Outdoor Application of Certain Pesticides
S.B. 4983
Prohibits the use of certain pesticides, characterized by various toxic properties, for day care center and school outdoor applications.
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OKSigned into law 05/2010P-12Guidelines for Concussions and Head Injuries
S.B. 1700
Directs school district boards to develop guidelines and other pertinent information and forms to inform and educate coaches, youth athletes...

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WISigned into law 05/2010P-12Instruction in Resuscitation
A.B. 725
Requires offering of approved instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated extern...

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WISigned into law 05/2010P-12Health-Related School Closures
S.B. 379
Requires a school board, within 24 hours of a school being closed by a local health officer or DHS, or by a school district administrator be...

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CASigned into law 04/2010P-12Healthy School Environments
A.C.R. 145
Encourages schools and districts to take proactive and preventative steps to create healthy school environments, including training staff on...

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NESigned into law 04/2010P-12Health Screenings
L.B. 713
Requires the department to determine which screenings should be performed and establishes a method for gathering student health data for sch...

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NHSigned into law 04/2010P-12School Air Quality
H.B. 1289
This bill requires annual investigation of air quality in public schools. This bill also requires the department of education to implement t...

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NYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Influenza Education and Immunizations
A.B. 775
Directs the commissioner of health to annually provide parents of children between 6 months and 18 years of age who are in school with educa...

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OKSigned into law 04/2010Postsec.Ability to Designate Higher Education Institutions as Tobacco Free
H.B. 2748
Authorizes institutions within the State System of Higher Education to be designated as tobacco free; provides for adoption of a policy by t...

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ORSigned into law 04/2010P-12Vision Screening
H.B. 3626A
Directs Department of Education to establish pilot program for purpose of providing comprehensive vision screenings to students; sunsets Jun...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Automated Defibrillator Devices (AEDs)
S.B. 2505
Requires all K-12 public schools to have automated defibrillator devices (AEDs) on-site. Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to recei...

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TNSigned by Governor 04/2010P-12Annual Advisory on MRSA Infections
S.B. 3828
Enacts the "Kristen K. Hunter Infection Control Act," which will require the department of health to issue an annual advisory to the departm...

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MSSigned into law 03/2010P-12Comprehensive Food Service Training
H.B. 1079
Requires the Office of Healthy Schools of the State Department of Education to provide comprehensive training on certain food service practi...

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MSSigned into law 03/2010P-12Healthier Schools Initiative
H.B. 1078
Requires the State Department of Education to provide financial incentives to schools receiving recognition through the Healthier Schools In...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Electronic Cigarettes on School Property
H.B. 88
Provides the state board of education may, and local boards and charter schools must adopt rules prohibiting the use, possession or distribu...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Free Vision Screenings
S.B. 144
Amends provisions related to vision screening in schools. Amends provisions to further clarify that free vision screening in schools is for ...

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WISigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
School Nurses, Medication Administration
S.B. 414
Relates to school nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils; requires nurses to meet the qualifications for school nurses; includes a...

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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Vaccination Plans
H.B. 270
Requires the Department of Health develop, with input from the localities, a plan for the prompt vaccination of all children who attend a pu...

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WISigned into law 02/2010P-12Human Growth and Development Instruction
A.B. 458
The purpose of the statute on instruction in human growth and development instruction is to encourage all school boards to ensure that pupil...

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ILSigned into law 01/2010P-12
Postsec.
Automated External Defibrillators
S.B. 1371
Differentiates between an indoor and outdoor "physical fitness facility" owned or operated by a public or private elementary or secondary sc...

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NJSigned into law 01/2010Postsec.
Community College
Task Force on Underage Drinking in Higher Education
S.B. 2491
Establishes Task Force on Underage Drinking in Higher Education. Defines membership and duties of task force.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2...

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- Health--Child Abuse
COSigned into law 05/2010P-12Reporting of Child Abuse
S.B. 152
Requires a county department of social services to provide information to a mandatory reporter concerning the mandatory reporter's report to...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Children's Trust Fund
S.B. 438 - Sec. 24
Establishes a Children's Trust Fund to fund programs aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect and family resource programs. Also establis...

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KYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma
H.B. 285
Encourages high schools to include a segment on prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma during a student's final year of study. Provides...

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MESigned into law 04/2010P-12Implements Recommendations of the Juvenile Justice Task Force
H.B. 1204
Directs the Departments of Corrections, Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor to develop a jointly agreed-upon statewide coordinat...

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- Health--Mental Health
OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Teacher Preparation - Mental Health Issues
H.B. 2004
Requires that mental illness symptoms identification and mental health issues be incorporated into teacher preparation systems.
http://webse...

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INSigned into law 03/2010P-12Training for Suicide Prevention
S.B. 226
Relates to suicide prevention training for school personnel; provides that health finance commission is to study the topic of teen suicide, ...

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- Health--Nutrition
CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Free, Fresh Water During School Meals
S.B. 1413
Requires a school district to provide access to free, fresh drinking water during meal times in school food service areas by July 1, 2011, u...

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DCAdopted 07/2010P-12Healthy Foods
L.B. 18-564 - Healthy Foods
Establishes a Healthy Schools Fund to, among other purposes, (1) provide additional funding for healthy school meals; (2) provide free break...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Nutrition and Physical Activity Best Practices Database
S.B. 3706
Directs the state board of education to develop and maintain a nutrition and physical activity best practices database, to contain the resul...

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FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12Florida Farm Fresh Schools Program
S.B. 140
Creates the Florida Farm Fresh Schools Program (the Program) within the state department of education. Requires the Program to comply with t...

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OHSigned into law 06/2010P-12Student Health
S.B. 210, Part I
Establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council. Directs the council to:
(1) Monitor progress in improving student health and ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2010P-12Healthy Kids Awards Program
S.B. 2908
Establishes the healthy kids awards program to reward k-12th grade schools that implement policies and practices that create opportunities f...

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WISigned into law 05/2010P-12"Farm to School" Program
A.B. 746
Requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to promote "farm to school" programs, the purposes of which in...

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COSigned into law 04/2010P-12Farm-To-School Healthy Kids Act
S.B. 81
Creates the Farm-To-School Healthy Kids Act, and, in connection therewith, establishing an interagency task force to develop farm-to-school ...

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VTSigned into law 04/2010P-123SquaresVT
H.B. 408
Proposes to maximize eligibility and simplify the enrollment process in 3SquaresVT by implementing federal options in the supplemental nutri...

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MSSigned into law 03/2010P-12Comprehensive Food Service Training
H.B. 1079
Requires the Office of Healthy Schools of the State Department of Education to provide comprehensive training on certain food service practi...

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MSSigned into law 03/2010P-12Healthier Schools Initiative
H.B. 1078
Requires the State Department of Education to provide financial incentives to schools receiving recognition through the Healthier Schools In...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Nutritional Guidelines
S.B. 414
Requires the Board of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Health, to promulgate and periodically update regulations setting nut...

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- Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
MEIssued 10/2010P-12School-Based H1N1 Vaccination Clinics
E.O. 05 FY 11/12
Directs the director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency to coordinate with the department of health and human services, Maine Center f...

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DCAdopted 07/2010P-12Health and Wellness
LB 18-564 - Health and Wellness
Requires public schools and charter schools to provide health education to students in grades K-8. Requires schools to collaborate with pare...

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MOSigned into law 06/2010P-12Health
H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions
This bill: (1) exempts unqualified school district employees refusing to administer medication or medical services from disciplinary action ...

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NESigned into law 04/2010P-12School-Based Health Centers
L.B. 1106
From the fiscal note: Allows school-based health centers to be Medicaid providers. School-based health services may include medical health, ...

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WISigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
School Nurses, Medication Administration
S.B. 414
Relates to school nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils; requires nurses to meet the qualifications for school nurses; includes a...

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- Health--Suicide Prevention
PAAdopted 10/2010P-12Suicide Prevention Education
H.R. 980
A Resolution promoting youth suicide prevention education for all administrative, teaching and counseling personnel in all public and privat...

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FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12Suicide Prevention Professional Development
S.B. 434
Requires that district school boards provide access to suicide prevention educational resources, as approved by the Statewide Office of Suic...

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ILSigned into law 06/2010P-12Suicide Prevention
H.B. 4672
Adds school social workers who work with students in grades 7-12 to the list of persons who must be trained to identify the warning signs of...

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KYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Suicide Prevention in Secondary Schools
S.B. 65
Requires all high school and middle school principals, guidance counselors and teachers each school year to complete a minimum of two hours ...

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KYSigned into law 03/2010P-12Suicide Prevention
H.B. 51
Requires the cabinet for health and family services to post suicide prevention awareness and training information on its Web page by August ...

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- High School
CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Work-Based Learning Programs (and Textbooks)
A.B. 2211
States legislative findings regarding work-based learning. Authorizes school districts that maintain high schools to establish work-based le...

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FLSigned into law 07/2010P-12Repeals Secondary School Improvement Award Program
HB 7037 - Sec 25
Repeals Subsection (5) of section 1003.413, which directed the commissioner of education to implement the Secondary School Improvement Award...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Flexibility to Cooperative Innovative High Schools
S.B. 1201
Provides that cooperative innovative high schools have the same exemptions from statutes and rules as charter schools, other than those pert...

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FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12Academic Scholarship Signing Day
S.B. 206
Encourages school boards to adopt policies and procedures to provide for a student "Academic Scholarship Signing Day" by declaring the third...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12High School Graduation/Droput Data
S.B. 753
Requires each local public school system to post the four-year cohort graduation rate for each high school and for the system as a whole on ...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Early High School Graduation
S.B. 553
Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and adopt, by the 2010-11 school year, a policy whereby students a...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Grand Canyon Diploma
H.B. 2731
Creates the Grand Canyon Diploma (GCD) offered to students who demonstrate readiness for college level mathematics and English according to ...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Research-Based Approaches for Low-Performing High Schools
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-326, 328 and 329
20-2-326 defines:
--"Career academy" as (1) a specialized charter school established by a partnership between one or more local boards of ed...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12High Schools May Offer State-funded WorkKeys
H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 4
Permits high schools to offer state-funded WorkKeys (i.e., a job skill assessment system) to 10th grade students using funds appropriated fo...

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ALSigned into law 04/2010P-12Diplomas for Vietnam Veterans
H.B. 74
Extends eligibility for high school diplomas to honorably discharged Vietnam veterans....

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FLSigned into law 04/2010P-12High School Diploma Study
S.B. 4 - Sec. 14
The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to study: (1) different types of diplomas in different states; ...

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WISigned into law 04/2010P-12Act 215 - Misc. Provisions
S.B. 437
Requires boards annually to prepare budgets for each school in the district. Requires boards to collaborate with nonprofits and government a...

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MSSigned into law 03/2010P-12GED Program Entrance Requirements
H.B. 629
Revises the GED program entrance requirements for students who are at least one full grade level behind his or her ninth grade cohort. Requi...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Undergraduate Credits for International Baccalaureate
S.B. 209
Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to implement policies to grant a minimum of 24 undergraduate se...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Waiver of Certain Graduation Requirements
H.B. 1199
Directs the state board to provide for the waiver of certain high school graduation requirements (i) upon the Board's initiative or (ii) at ...

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NHRule Adoption 02/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Adult Education
Ed 700
 Allows students enrolled in day high school programs to enroll in adult high school programs. Increases the number of credits needed for gr...

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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Sequential Elective Requirements
H.B. 394/S.B.629
Ensures that the sequential elective requirement for the standard diploma supports the student-selected career pathway required by the Acade...

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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Economics Education and Financial Literacy
H.B. 196
Repeals the requirement for economics education and financial literacy instruction in middle and high schools.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-b...

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KYAdopted 01/2010P-12Recording Student Attendance
702 KAR 7:125
Adds section providing definitions of: "full day of attendance" (student in attendance at least 65% of regularly-scheduled school day), "tar...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Charter School Recruitment and Retention
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Directs the department education to draft a model policy for school districts regarding the grade placement and eligibility for high school ...

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- High School--Advanced Placement
TXAdopted 08/2010P-12Online Learning, AP and IB
19 TAC 74.23, 29
Section 74.23: Correspondence Courses and Distance Learning: Updates section to make clear that students may earn course credit via online c...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12
Postsec.
Bachelors Degree in Three Timeline
H.B. 7342, S.B. 2124
Moves from February 2010 to February 2011 date by which the board of governors for higher education must present to the general assembly an ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Postsec.
Miscellaneous
H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Exempts private schools approved by the department of education's division of special education prescribed in the pupil's individualized edu...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Advanced Placement Courses for College Credit
S.B. 438 - Sec. 31
Effective with the 2011-12 school year, requires every district to offer advanced placement courses. Requires the state board of education t...

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TNSigned into law 05/2010P-12International Baccalaureate or Advanced Placement
S.B. 3304
Allows a school to establish an International Baccalaureate Programme fund or an Advanced Placement fund to receive donations or grants from...

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KYSigned into law 04/2010Postsec.
Community College
Transfer/Articulation from Associate's Degree to Four-Year Programs
H.B. 160
Encourages postsecondary institutions to limit bachelor degree programs to 120 credit hours and associate degree programs to 60 credit hours...

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INSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Postsecondary Credit for Advanced Placement
H.B. 1135
Relates to advanced placement exams; requires state educational institutions to grant postsecondary level academic credit to students who re...

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OHSigned into law 03/2010P-12Distinction between Online AP Courses and Clearinghouse of Distance Learning Courses
S.B. 155 - Section 6
Amends 371.50.90 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly (enacted July 2009). Clarifies that from an appropriation item in 2009 H.B...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Programs Funded At or Below $10,000 in a District
H.B. 149 - Section 3
Adds Section 53A-17a-105.5. Defines "qualifying program" as (1) the at-risk flow through program; (2) the homeless and disadvantaged minorit...

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KYSigned into law 01/2010P-12Interventions for Persistently Low-Achieving Schools and Advanced Placement
H.B. 176
Amends accountability provisions in KRS 160.346. Defines "persistently low-achieving school". Defines "school intervention" as a process cho...

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- High School--College Readiness
CAVetoed 09/2010Community College
Postsec.
Common Assessment, Data Warehouse and Web Portal
A.B. 2682
Requires the board of governors of the California Community Colleges to establish a pilot project that seeks to create a centrally delivered...

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NCIssued 09/2010P-12Governor's Education Transformation Commission
E.O. 65
Creates the Governor's Education Transformation Commission. Charges the commission with:
(A) (1) Making recommendations on the strategic di...

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AKAdopted 08/2010P-12Work Ready/College Ready Transitional Skills Curriculum and Benchmark Assessments
4 AAC 06.715
Amends the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06. 715(b), regarding Work Ready/College Ready transitional skills curriculum and benchmark ass...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12
Community College
Extension of College and Career Readiness Pilot Program
S.B. 3705
On July 1, 2010, subject to appropriation, directs the state community college board to extend the College and Career Readiness Pilot Progra...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Grand Canyon Diploma
H.B. 2731
Creates the Grand Canyon Diploma (GCD) offered to students who demonstrate readiness for college level mathematics and English according to ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Postsec.
Miscellaneous
H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Exempts private schools approved by the department of education's division of special education prescribed in the pupil's individualized edu...

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COSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Visual and Peforming Arts Standards
H.B. 1273
Amends several provisions of the Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act to specifically incorporate visual arts and performing a...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12"College-Ready" Benchmark and Individual Graduation Plans
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-327
Provides that student performance at the advanced proficiency/honors level on any tests required for high school graduation must be recogniz...

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- High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates
PAVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010P-12Section on Collection of Dropout Data
H.B. 101
Requires the state department to publish dropout and graduation rate data on its website by December 1st of each year and to provide the rep...

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CAVetoed 08/2010P-12Determining Graduation Rates in Lowest-Achieving Schools
A.B. 2083
Existing law provides that persistently lowest-achieving schools include a high school with a graduation rate below 60% in each of the last ...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Improving Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate
S.B. 1246 - Improving Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate
Prior to the 2010-11 school year, directs the state board to:
(1) Develop a growth model establishing annual improvement goals in the four-y...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12On-line Credit Recovery Program
S.B. 438 - Sec. 28
Requires schools with a dropout rate of 8% or higher to establish an on-line credit recovery program to help students earn needed credits. S...

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MESigned into law 04/2010P-12Establishes Statewide Graduation Rate Goal
S.B. 623
Establishes the state goal of achieving an average statewide secondary school graduation rate of 90% by the end of the 2015-2016 school year...

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NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12High School Graduation Data
H.B. 69
Requires the Public Education Department, school districts and charter schools to report cohort graduation data; relates to a cohort group o...

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TNSigned into law 03/2010P-12Counting Dropouts
H.B. 3148
From the fiscal note: Requires local education agencies (LEAs) to document student withdrawals and transfers to another school, system, or s...

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- High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
CASigned into law 09/2010P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Reporting by California Community Colleges
A.B. 1713
From bill analysis: Authorizes the California Community Colleges (CCC) to consolidate annual reports on concurrent enrollment and special ad...

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TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Other High School Math Courses for High School Credit
19 TAC 111.52, 60, 61
Provides that students must be awarded at least one-half credit for each semester of a concurrent enrollment course successfully completed. ...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12
Postsec.
Bachelors Degree in Three Timeline
H.B. 7342, S.B. 2124
Moves from February 2010 to February 2011 date by which the board of governors for higher education must present to the general assembly an ...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12"College-Ready" Benchmark and Individual Graduation Plans
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-327
Provides that student performance at the advanced proficiency/honors level on any tests required for high school graduation must be recogniz...

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AZSigned into law 04/2010Community College
Postsec.
Dual Enrollment
H.B. 2040
Changes various community college reporting requirements relating to dual enrollment programs. Changes the dual enrollment reporting require...

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WVAdopted 04/2010P-12
Postsec.
Early Enrollment Guidelines Revision
Title 133, Series 19
Revises the state's long-standing rule for setting forth principles and policy for public colleges and universities to offer college credit ...

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MSSigned into law 03/2010P-12High School Career Option
S.B. 2389
Provides for high school career option programs and career track curricula for students not wishing to pursue a baccalaureate degree. Author...

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NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Dual Credit Program and Indian Education High Schools
H.B. 90
Includes Federal Bureau of Indian Education high schools and tribal colleges in a dual credit program; includes charter schools and a bureau...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Programs Funded At or Below $10,000 in a District
H.B. 149 - Section 3
Adds Section 53A-17a-105.5. Defines "qualifying program" as (1) the at-risk flow through program; (2) the homeless and disadvantaged minorit...

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GAAdopted 01/2010P-12
Postsec.
Dual Enrollment
160-4-2-.34
Rule 160-4-2-.34 has been repealed and a new rule adopted. ...

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- High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges
GAAdopted 07/2010P-12Alternative/Non-Traditional Education Programs
160-4-8-.12
Rule 160-4-8-.12, "Alternative Education Programs" has been repealed and a new rule adopted. Defines "alternative/non-traditional education ...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Flexibility to Cooperative Innovative High Schools
S.B. 1201
Provides that cooperative innovative high schools have the same exemptions from statutes and rules as charter schools, other than those pert...

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- High School--Exit Exams
GAAdopted 07/2010P-12Waivers and Variances of High School Graduation Assessments
160-1-3-.09
Amends provisions providing alternatives to students who fail the high school graduation assessment. http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Exams for Career/Tech Students
S.B. 490
Relates to xaminations administered to students pursuing a career major curriculum and a career diploma. Requires that construction of end-o...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Increases Minimum High School Graduation Requirements
S.B. 438 - Sec. 16
Increases the minimum credits required for high school graduation from 20 to 25 and gives greater emphasis to math, science and world langua...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12CTE Exams Substituting for Portions of High School Graduation Exam
H.B. 400 - Amended Section 20-2-281
Directs the state board to consider passage of an industry certification exam or state board-approved licensure exam when considering granti...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12End-of-Course Assessments Task Force
H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 7
Directs the state Department of Education, in collaboration with the Education Oversight Committee, to convene a task force to include, but ...

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FLSigned into law 04/2010P-12Redefines Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
S.B. 4 - Sec. 1-4
Redefines the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in math and reading as end-of-course exams. Provides that: (1) Beginning with students e...

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FLSigned into law 04/2010P-12Statewide Assessment Program
S.B. 4 - Sec. 8
Statewide Assessment Program - Discontinues the 9th and 10th grade math Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) and the high school mat...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Money-Saving Measures
H.B. 166
Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ...

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NYAdopted 01/2010P-12Regents Requirements for Students with Disabilities
Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.5
Amends section 100.5 to extend the Regents Competency Test (RCT) safety net provision for an additional year, thereby allowing students with...

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- High School--GED (General Education Development)
GASigned into law 05/2010Postsec.HOPE GED Voucher
S.B. 341
Rewrites Section 20-3-519.6 relating to HOPE GED vouchers. Previous legislation awarded a one-time $500 voucher to each student earning a GE...

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MSSigned into law 03/2010P-12GED Program Entrance Requirements
H.B. 629
Revises the GED program entrance requirements for students who are at least one full grade level behind his or her ninth grade cohort. Requi...

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- High School--Graduation Requirements
DEAdopted 11/2010P-12Foreign Language Credits for High School Graduation
14 DE Admin. Code 505
Defines "world languages" to include American Sign Language and ancient Greek. Permits a student to complete the 2-credit world language req...

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CAVetoed 09/2010P-12CTE Course As Alternative in Graduation Requirements
A.B. 2446
From bill analysis: Beginning with the 2011–12 school year and until July 2016, adds completion of a career technical education course as an...

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GAAdopted 08/2010P-12Courses That May Be Completed for Graduation Credit
160-4-2-.20
Rule 160-4-2-.20 identifies changes to course designations, including courses that may be taken for core graduation credit (as opposed to el...

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LASigned into law 08/2010P-12High School Curriculum
H.B. 1029
Provides for Free Enterprise as an elective course rather than a prerequisite to high school graduation. Requires inclusion of Free Enterpri...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Consumer Education Proficiency Test
S.B. 3608
Repeals policies relating to the Annual Consumer Education Proficiency Test, for students in grades 9-12 who elected to take the test. Stude...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Eliminates High School Graduation Project
H.B. 1864
Eliminates permanently the high school graduation project as a statewide requirement (the project had been temporarily suspended as a statew...

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TXAdopted 07/2010P-12Other High School Math Courses for High School Credit
19 TAC 111.52, 60, 61
Provides that students must be awarded at least one-half credit for each semester of a concurrent enrollment course successfully completed. ...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Exams for Career/Tech Students
S.B. 490
Relates to xaminations administered to students pursuing a career major curriculum and a career diploma. Requires that construction of end-o...

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TNSigned into law 06/2010P-12Foreign Language Proficiency
H.B. 209
Before graduating from high school, students who have completed coursework in a foreign language are required to take a foreign language pro...

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TXAdopted 06/2010P-12High School Graduation Requirements
19 TAC 74.51, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64
Amends provisions relating to high school graduation requirements. Section 74.51 relates to minimum, recommended and advanced programs, and ...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Increases Minimum High School Graduation Requirements
S.B. 438 - Sec. 16
Increases the minimum credits required for high school graduation from 20 to 25 and gives greater emphasis to math, science and world langua...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Board Examination Series Pilot Program
S.B. 438 - Sec. 17
Allows the state department of education (SBE) to establish a board examination series pilot program to allow local/regional boards of educa...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Grants to Assist with Implementation of New Grad Requirements
S.B. 438 - Sec. 18
Requires the state department of education to, within available appropriations, provide grants to local/regional school districts to begin i...

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MISigned into law 05/2010P-12Educational Development Plan/Student Review
S.B. 757
Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legisation; requires each pupil to review his or her educational development plan (EDP) in 8th grade and ...

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FLSigned into law 04/2010P-12Accelerated High School Graduation Options
S.B. 4 - Sec. 5
Requires each high school to advise each student of programs through which a high school student can earn college credit, including Advanced...

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FLSigned into law 04/2010P-12Redefines Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
S.B. 4 - Sec. 1-4
Redefines the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in math and reading as end-of-course exams. Provides that: (1) Beginning with students e...

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IDSigned into law 04/2010P-12
Postsec.
Mastery Advancement Pilot Program
H.B. 493
Creates the Mastery Advancement Pilot Program (MAPP) to provide students with the opportunity and incentive to move more rapidly through the...

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NYAdopted 04/2010P-12Make-Up Credit Programs
Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.5
Establishes requirements for award of make-up credit to high school students. Adopted as proposed in January 2010: Pages 7-9 of 12: http://w...

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IDSigned into law 03/2010P-12Gifted
H.B. 579
New section entitled Encouragement of Gifted Students. If a student completes any required high school course with a grade of C or higher be...

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MSSigned into law 03/2010P-12High School Career Option
S.B. 2389
Provides for high school career option programs and career track curricula for students not wishing to pursue a baccalaureate degree. Author...

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NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12Financial Literacy as Math Requirement
H.B. 53
Relates to public schools; allows financial literacy that meets state standards to qualify for one of the four required mathematics units fo...

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NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12High School Graduation Requirements and Diplomas
H.B. 44
Changes graduation requirements for students entering 9th grade in the 2012-2013 school year; includes health education; reconciles multiple...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Waiver of Certain Graduation Requirements
H.B. 1199
Directs the state board to provide for the waiver of certain high school graduation requirements (i) upon the Board's initiative or (ii) at ...

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MDAdopted 02/2010P-12Updates Science Graduation Requirements
COMAR 13A.03.02.04
Amends rules to update current science graduation requirements to include environmental science as an option for a science credit. http://ww...

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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Sequential Elective Requirements
H.B. 394/S.B.629
Ensures that the sequential elective requirement for the standard diploma supports the student-selected career pathway required by the Acade...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Charter School Recruitment and Retention
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Directs the department education to draft a model policy for school districts regarding the grade placement and eligibility for high school ...

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MISigned into law 01/2010P-12Michigan Merit Curriculum Modifications
H.B. 4787 - Sec. 1278b
Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Allows a teacher, counselor, or principal to contact parents to begin the personal curriculu...

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MISigned into law 01/2010P-12Mathematics Graduation Requirements/Algebra II
S.B. 981 - 1278a
Allows a student to complete Algebra II over 1.5 years with 1.5 credits awarded, and to partially or fully fulfill the algebra II requiremen...

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NERule Adoption 01/2010P-12Graduation Requirements
Title 92 NAC Chapter 10 - Multiple Provisions
003.05A By the 2014-15 school year, school districts are required to adopt and implement graduation requirements that meet the highest level...

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- High School--International Baccalaureate
TXAdopted 08/2010P-12Online Learning, AP and IB
19 TAC 74.23, 29
Section 74.23: Correspondence Courses and Distance Learning: Updates section to make clear that students may earn course credit via online c...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Postsec.
Miscellaneous
H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Exempts private schools approved by the department of education's division of special education prescribed in the pupil's individualized edu...

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FLSigned into law 04/2010P-12Accelerated High School Graduation Options
S.B. 4 - Sec. 5
Requires each high school to advise each student of programs through which a high school student can earn college credit, including Advanced...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Undergraduate Credits for International Baccalaureate
S.B. 209
Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to implement policies to grant a minimum of 24 undergraduate se...

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- Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Uniform Grading Scales
H.B. 433
Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop, adopt, and provide for the implementation of a uniform grading sc...

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- Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
FLSigned into law 06/2010P-12School Grades
H.B. 1255 - Sec. 6, 29
Amends the formula for calculating school grades to include end-of-course (EOC) assessments taken by middle school students and middle schoo...

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GAVetoed 06/2010P-12Compulsory School Attendance
S.B. 239 - Section 2
Requires a parent whose child is of compulsory school age and who becomes a new resident of a local school system to enroll his/her child in...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Homeschool Diplomas
S.B. 798
A high school diploma awarded by a home study program approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will be deemed by al...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Home-schooled Students and Interscholastic Athletics
H.B. 303
Allows home-schooled students to participate in high school interscholastic athletics. Provides definitions, eligibility requirements, and ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Private and Homeschool Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities
S.B. 66
Provides that a minor enrolled in a private school or a home school is eligible to participate in extracurricular activities at a public sch...

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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Homebound Instructional Services
H.B. 257
Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia as they relate to...

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- Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
WISigned into law 04/2010P-12Act 215 - Misc. Provisions
S.B. 437
Requires boards annually to prepare budgets for each school in the district. Requires boards to collaborate with nonprofits and government a...

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COIssued 03/2010P-12Governor's Early Childhood Leadership Commission
Exec. Order B 2010-002
The Commission is to ensure and advance a comprehensive service delivery system for children from birth to age eight using data to improve d...

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- International Benchmarking
TNSigned into law 05/2010P-12World-Class Public Education System
S.J.R. 798
A RESOLUTION to express support of a world-class public education system for Tennessee and expectations that teachers, parents, and students...

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TNSigned into law 05/2010P-12Inclusion of International Practices and Outcomes
S.B. 1743
Urges institutions of higher education offering approved teacher training programs to offer comparative education programs
that examine teac...

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- Leadership
ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Superintendent and Chief School Business Official Endorsements
S.B. 2537
Provides that one of the paths by which an administrative certificate recipient may also earn the chief school business official endorsement...

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ALSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Vacancies in Leadership Positions
H.B. 79
Amends Sections 16-4-1.1 and 16-60-111.1. Requires the state board to post a vacancy notice for the position of state superintendent of educ...

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IASigned into law 03/2010P-12Standards for School Business Officials
H.B. 2461
Directs the state board to set standards and procedures for the approval of training programs for individuals who seek an authorization issu...

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NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
School Leadership Institute
S.B. 85
Creates the School Leadership Institute to provide a comprehensive and cohesive framework for preparing, mentoring and providing professiona...

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ILSigned into law 01/2010P-12Alternative Teacher and Administrator Certification
S.B. 616
Provides that alternative certification programs may be provided by various types of qualified providers, including institutions of higher e...

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ILSigned into law 01/2010P-12Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010
S.B. 315
Amends 105 ILCS 5/2-3.25g. After effective date, bars districts, joint agreements of districts or regional superintendents from seeking a wa...

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TNSigned into law 01/2010P-12Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010 - Teacher-Related Provisions
S.B. 7005A - H.B. 7010A
Creates a Teacher Evaluation Advisory Committee (TEAC) composed of 15 members, including the Commissioner of Education, the Executive Direct...

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- Leadership--District Superintendent
ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12Qualifications for an administrative certificate
S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/21-7.1
Amends qualifications for an administrative certificate. Provides that a candidate may possess either a master's degree or its equivalent.
...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12Superintendent and Chief School Business Official Endorsements
S.B. 2537
Provides that one of the paths by which an administrative certificate recipient may also earn the chief school business official endorsement...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Superintendent Certificate Reciprocity
S.B. 438 - Sec. 2
Permits the commissioner of education to, upon request of a local or regional board of education, grant a waiver of certification to a perso...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Local Board Members and Local Superintendents
S.B. 84
Requires local board member who moves out of local board jurisdiction to notify the local board secretary within 10 days of such move. Allow...

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ALSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Vacancies in Leadership Positions
H.B. 79
Amends Sections 16-4-1.1 and 16-60-111.1. Requires the state board to post a vacancy notice for the position of state superintendent of educ...

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- Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay
HIVetoed 07/2010P-12Salaries of State Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, Complex Area Superintendents
S.B. 2434
Increases the salary cap for the superintendent of education to $160,000 a year, and creates an annual performance bonus (of no more than $3...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Performance Pay for Superintendents
H.B. 2521
     Requires school district governing boards to ensure that the contracts for superintendents are structured in a way that classifies 20% ...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Administrator Raises during Furlough Years
H.B. 977
Prohibits the use of state funds to provide a salary increase for the local school superintendent or administrators during a school year in ...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Placement on Salary Schedule Based on Leadership Degree
H.B. 923
Allows an educator, regardless of whether or not he/she is in a leadership position, to be placed on the salary schedule based on the leader...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12Teacher and Administrator Salaries
H.J.R. 4838
Provides that a local school district may pay teachers based on the years of experience the teacher possessed in fiscal year 2009-2010 witho...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership
CAVetoed 08/2010P-12Teacher Leaders Advisory Panel
A.B. 2040
Directs the commission on teacher credentialing to convene an advisory panel to consider:
(1) The various roles of teacher leaders in today'...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure
ALAdopted 12/2010P-12Teacher and Leader Certification
ADC 290-3-2-.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Rewrites Chapter 290-3-2. To align the format so that all relevant information on each topic is placed together which will make the document...

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CAVetoed 08/2010P-12Teacher Leaders Advisory Panel
A.B. 2040
Directs the commission on teacher credentialing to convene an advisory panel to consider:
(1) The various roles of teacher leaders in today'...

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ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12Qualifications for an administrative certificate
S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/21-7.1
Amends qualifications for an administrative certificate. Provides that a candidate may possess either a master's degree or its equivalent.
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ILSigned into law 06/2010P-12Principal Certification
S.B. 226
Amends administrator certification provisions. Authorizes a state board-approved not-for-profit entity to individually, or in collaboration ...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Teacher and Principal Certification
H.B. 974
Relates to teacher certification requirements; to provide relative to the employment experience necessary for certain principals to be exemp...

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ALAdopted 05/2010P-12Teacher Leader
290-3-3-52.01
Creates new rules related to Teacher Leader programs. Establishes rationale, criteria for admission to teacher leader programs, teacher lead...

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ALAdopted 05/2010P-12Instructional Leadership
290-3-3-53.01
Creates new rules related to Instructional Leadership programs. Establishes rationale, criteria for admission to instructional leader progra...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Alternate Certification Programs for School Administrators
S.B. 438 - Sec. 1
Directs the state department of education to review and approve proposals for alternate route to certification programs for school administr...

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OKSigned into law 05/2010P-12Acceptance of Experience in Other States
H.B. 2296
Modifies education administrator certification requirements to allow for acceptance of teaching and/or administrative experience in public o...

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IASigned into law 03/2010P-12Standards for School Business Officials
H.B. 2461
Directs the state board to set standards and procedures for the approval of training programs for individuals who seek an authorization issu...

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ILSigned into law 01/2010P-12Alternative Teacher and Administrator Certification
S.B. 616
Provides that alternative certification programs may be provided by various types of qualified providers, including institutions of higher e...

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MISigned into law 01/2010P-12Administrator Certification
S.B. 981 - Sec. 1536
Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Requires instructional school administrators to begin a certification program for administra...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay
GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Administrator Raises during Furlough Years
H.B. 977
Prohibits the use of state funds to provide a salary increase for the local school superintendent or administrators during a school year in ...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Placement on Salary Schedule Based on Leadership Degree
H.B. 923
Allows an educator, regardless of whether or not he/she is in a leadership position, to be placed on the salary schedule based on the leader...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12Teacher and Administrator Salaries
H.J.R. 4838
Provides that a local school district may pay teachers based on the years of experience the teacher possessed in fiscal year 2009-2010 witho...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Dismissal Section
S.B. 2033
This section addresses employment status of career teachers (defined in this section), probationary teachers and administrators. A principa...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Teacher and Principal Evaluations
S.B. 1040
Requires the state board of education to adopt and maintain a model framework for a teacher and principal evaluation instrument that includ...

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COSigned into law 05/2010P-12Teacher /Principal Evaluation and Tenure
S.B. 191
Calls for the development of a teacher evaluation system in which at least 50% of the evaluation is determined by the academic growth of the...

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NYSigned into law 05/2010P-12Teacher and Principal Evaluations and Hearing Procedures
A.B. 11171, Section 1-5
From "Summary of Specific Provisions" on Assembly Web site:

Section one of the bill would add a new S3012-c of the Education law, establis...

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KYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Evaluation of District Superintendents
S.B. 178
Relates to evaluation of superintendents of schools. Distinguishes the evaluation requirements for the local superintendent from those for o...

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