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| MD | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 community to better prepare Maryland students for jobs of the 21st century while enhancing the state's economic competitive...
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| NE | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Quality 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, coordinated, and sequential and is directed toward locally approved goals and standards for student learning. The instructiona...
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2010 | P-12 | Evaluating 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 strategies that demonstrate the effectiveness of schools in meeting accountability requirements pursuant to the act. Directs ...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Impact 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 prohibits comingling with other revenue sources. Mandates that the school district account for Fund monies as prescribed by...
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| NJ | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
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 flexibility in planning and growth at state and county colleges, and creating jobs.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/S1000/...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Race 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 schooling, or other school scheduling models that do not allow for prolonged lapses in instructional time, in low-performing or...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | New 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 for the conversion of underperforming schools into conversion charter schools, for contracts relating to such conversio...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Dropout Prevention
S.B. 6403
Regarding accountability and support for vulnerable students and dropouts. Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, by September 15, 2010, to develop and report recommendations for the development of a comprehensive, K-12 dropout reduct...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Reporting 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 Workplace Readiness Skills assessment. This number is in addition to the current related reporting requirements of the numbe...
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| WA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Private Schools
H.B. 2996
Includes approved private schools in the Superintendent of Public Instruction's record check information rules. Chapter 100
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2996.PL.pdf...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Underperforming 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 underperforming or chronically underperforming. Defines Commissioner's and State Board's authority and duties.
http://www.mass.gov/le...
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| TX | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1051-1073
Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register.
97.1051: Amends definitions. Changes the definition of "campus closure" to remove references to "repurposing," which is now defined in statute...
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Accreditation
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 achieve resource standards if the school funding formula or transportation categorical is underfunded as specified and t...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Schools At Risk
H.B. 1097
Requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain schools not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards. Requires schools at-risk to be identified by specified criteria. Authorizes evaluation teams to conduct on- site audits. ...
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| IA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Deaccreditation 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 fund balances held by a deaccredited school district to be transferred to the school's general fund if the school's gener...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Delaying 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 graduation and completion rate index, unless such statutes or regulations are also specifically required by federal code, federal...
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Including 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 students, as identified pursuant to existing law, on or after July 1, 2013, be included in the state's assessment system...
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2010 | P-12 | Determining 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 three years. New provision provides that, until data become available to enable the calculation of this graduation rate,...
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| TX | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Performance-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 describes the purpose of the Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS) and manner in which school districts and ch...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School 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 school student attainment of industry certification. Provides that student performance on statewide assessments determine sch...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Exclusion 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, or office of juvenile justice facilities in the school or district performance scores of the public school system where s...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School/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 Secondary Education, in consultation with parents, teachers, school administrators, and other education stakeholders, shall...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | School Achievement Profiles
S.B. 1286
Relates to school and school district accountability. Changes the classifications used for school achievement profiles and specifies the data used for their calculation. Expands the Arizona Measure of Academic Progress to high schools and requires the departme...
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Academic 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 make recommendations to the legislature and governor on approaches to increase the emphasis on science and math in calcu...
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| NE | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Quality 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, coordinated, and sequential and is directed toward locally approved goals and standards for student learning. The instructiona...
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Comparing 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 identify the schools and districts with the least and greatest incidence of violent and disruptive incidents, and the least ...
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| TX | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Performance-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 describes the purpose of the Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS) and manner in which school districts and ch...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School 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 school student attainment of industry certification. Provides that student performance on statewide assessments determine sch...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | High 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 its Internet website. Districts must send a written notice to the parent or other legal guardian of high school students...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School/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 Secondary Education, in consultation with parents, teachers, school administrators, and other education stakeholders, shall...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Student 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 wellness
(2) Make periodic policy recommendations to the state board of education on ways to improve the nutritional sta...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School District Transparency Act
S.B. 1633
Creates the school district transparency act; requires school district expenditure information be made available on state department of education website. Requires the Department to make the data available on its website within 120 days of transmission of the ...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Fiscal 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 providers. By the end of 2010, the legislation requires that
each school district with over 300 students to post on the in...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Report 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 detention facilities and the number of juveniles served in the Commissioner's annual report.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | State 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 calculated in accordance with state board of education rule; (2) modifying the reporting of pupil-teacher ratios and (3) de...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 could be waived to remove funding pressures on public schools temporarily.
Sections 2-4: Eliminates the requirement to...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Workplace 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 Workplace Readiness Skills assessment.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+SB630ER+pdf...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Public Reporting
S.B. 6604
Relates to school finance; provides that school districts must comply with building energy requirements only to the extent funds are available; provides that online access to certain information for parents concerning vaccines, child abuse, and other matters s...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Reporting 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 Workplace Readiness Skills assessment. This number is in addition to the current related reporting requirements of the numbe...
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| FL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Repeals 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 Program to reward secondary schools that demonstrate continuous student academic improvement and show the greatest stud...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Rewards 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; changes date for distributing monetary award; directs the State Board of Education to identify school sites for the var...
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| TX | Adopted 06/2010 | P-12 | District Awards for Teacher Excellence
19 TAC 102.1073
Establishes procedures and adopts guidelines for the administration of awards for teacher excellence. Incorporates statutory changes resulting from H.B. 3646, 81st Texas Legislature, 2009. Pages 1-6 of 182: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0618/0...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Accountability
S.B. 6696
Creates a coherent and effective accountability framework for improvement for all schools and districts to provide an excellent and equitable education, the tools necessary for accountability, including the necessary accounting and data reporting systems, asse...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Recognizing 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 school divisions that make significant progress toward achieving advance proficiency levels in reading, mathematics, science,...
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Race 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 implementing the federal Race to the Top program, (1) authorizes the state superintendent and president of the state bo...
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| CA | Adopted 09/2010 | P-12 | Parent 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 regulations establish the parent empowerment process whereby parents of students who are or will be enrolled in up to 75...
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| TX | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1051-1073
Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register.
97.1051: Amends definitions. Changes the definition of "campus closure" to remove references to "repurposing," which is now defined in statute...
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| OK | Signed by Governor 06/2010 | P-12 | Improvement 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 section to the State Department of Education, in a manner prescribed by the Department. Beginning December 31, 2010, and an...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Four 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 lowest-achieving schools in the state is required to implement (turnaround, closure, restart or transformation).
http:...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | School 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 low achieving school (due to such school failing to make adequate yearly progress in mathematics and reading at the whole ...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Monitoring 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 this bill) to determine whether such schools have demonstrated progress with regard to the following indicators: (1) the ...
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | School 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 authorize the board of education of a school district, or the Chancellor of the New York City School District, to contract with ...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 governance arrangement to use the following procedures, upon approval of the district board and concurrence of the exec...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Schools At Risk
H.B. 1097
Requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain schools not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards. Requires schools at-risk to be identified by specified criteria. Authorizes evaluation teams to conduct on- site audits. ...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | New 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 for the conversion of underperforming schools into conversion charter schools, for contracts relating to such conversio...
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Act 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 (additional learning time; system of academic and behavioral supports; use data to differentiate instruction; employ a research...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Accountability
S.B. 6696
Creates a coherent and effective accountability framework for improvement for all schools and districts to provide an excellent and equitable education, the tools necessary for accountability, including the necessary accounting and data reporting systems, asse...
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Race 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 implementing the federal Race to the Top program, (1) authorizes the state superintendent and president of the state bo...
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Parent 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 identified as a persistently low-achieving school under new Section 53201 (see enacted S.B. 1E http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/p...
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| KY | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Interventions 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 chosen by a school council, a superintendent and a local board, or the commissioner of education or designee with state boa...
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| KY | Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2010 | P-12 | Low-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 identified as low-achieving, per 2010 H.B. 176 (http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB176/bill.doc). Defines "assessment team", "d...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Underperforming 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 underperforming or chronically underperforming. Defines Commissioner's and State Board's authority and duties.
http://www.mass.gov/le...
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Reform 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 required to publish a list of the lowest achieving 5% of all public schools. Once a building is identified as being in the l...
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| TN | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Tennessee 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 local education agency (LEA) into or out of a newly created "Achievement School District" (ASD) if the school is in the f...
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| KY | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Interventions 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 chosen by a school council, a superintendent and a local board, or the commissioner of education or designee with state boa...
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| KY | Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2010 | P-12 | Low-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 identified as low-achieving, per 2010 H.B. 176 (http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB176/bill.doc). Defines "assessment team", "d...
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| AK | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | School 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 06.835, Designations, and 4 AAC 06.882, Ranking of schools, having to do with school improvement grants. ALASKA REG 219666 ...
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| NV | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Corrective 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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| OK | Signed by Governor 06/2010 | P-12 | Improvement 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 section to the State Department of Education, in a manner prescribed by the Department. Beginning December 31, 2010, and an...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Research-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 education and a technical school or college or (2) a small learning community where a student receives academic instructio...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Schools At Risk
H.B. 1097
Requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain schools not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards. Requires schools at-risk to be identified by specified criteria. Authorizes evaluation teams to conduct on- site audits. ...
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Race 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 implementing the federal Race to the Top program, (1) authorizes the state superintendent and president of the state bo...
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| IA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Race 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 of the Bill will qualify school districts with persistently lowest achieving schools eligible to receive U.S. Departmen...
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| KY | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Interventions 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 chosen by a school council, a superintendent and a local board, or the commissioner of education or designee with state boa...
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| KY | Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2010 | P-12 | Low-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 identified as low-achieving, per 2010 H.B. 176 (http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB176/bill.doc). Defines "assessment team", "d...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Underperforming 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 underperforming or chronically underperforming. Defines Commissioner's and State Board's authority and duties.
http://www.mass.gov/le...
| More... | |
| TN | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Tennessee 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 local education agency (LEA) into or out of a newly created "Achievement School District" (ASD) if the school is in the f...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Adult 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 Teacher Credentialing remains in force in accordance with existing laws and regulations, and is exempt from new laws and ...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 programs from Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to Louisiana Board of Supervisors for Community and Tec...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 attendance provisions. Defines "effective" adult education program. Eliminate the division of adult and community educati...
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| TX | Adopted 06/2010 | P-12 | Adult 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 funding formula be allocated based on need for persons beyond the age of compulsory attendance who have not received a high s...
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| NH | Rule Adoption 02/2010 | P-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 graduation from an adult high school to 20. Clarifies the awarding of credit through correspondence courses and completion...
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2010 | Postsec.
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 Workforce and Economic Development, a part of the Council of County Colleges, to provide basic skills training to qualified disp...
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2010 | Postsec.
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/A4500/4327_R1.PDF...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Evaluation 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 and Reporting Program (STAR Program). Requires that numerous specified aspects of the STAR Program be evaluated, and that...
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| AK | Adopted 08/2010 | P-12 | Work 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 assessments. Provides that in each school year that the state obtains the license to allow districts to administer the Work...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Consumer 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. Students who demonstrated proficiency on the test were excused from the receiving instruction in consumer education as a prer...
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| TN | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Assessments 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 the subject to which the test corresponds. Also sets a new testing window: no earlier than first Monday on or after Apri...
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| AK | Adopted Text or Summary of Text 06/2010 | P-12 | Nonstandardized 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 06.775(i) having to do with the Nonstandardized Assessment Administrative Manual. The district's special education director...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Revision 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 seclusion incident reports to include age, grade, and ethnicity. Establishes an auditory-oral education program. Adds service...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School 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 school student attainment of industry certification. Provides that student performance on statewide assessments determine sch...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | State 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, the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program shall include one criterion-referenced test, one national norm-referenced...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 pupil indicators
in the following areas:
(a) Attendance rates.
(b) Annual and cumulative drop-out rates of high school...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 arts education into the standards, assessments, and postsecondary and workforce readiness program that the state board of...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Test 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 the test during the testing window time set by the Board, allows the school district to elect to administer any of the te...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Suspends 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; Provides that writing assessments may be administered only to students in grades 5 and 8 and that writing assessments may not...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | High 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 for the assessment of PSAT or PLAN; Provides that the selection of the test for each student should be informed by the stu...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | End-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 not be limited to, district level instructional and assessment personnel to examine the feasibility of shifting from the...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Redefines 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 entering grade 9 in the 2010-2011 school year, in addition to the Algebra I credit requirement, one of the 4 credits in m...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Statewide 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 math and science FCAT for the 2011-2012 school year; Requires all students currently enrolled in Algebra l (or equivalent) ...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-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 curriculum. Directs the State Department of Education to accept and approve applications to the program. Participating ...
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| OR | Rule Adoption 04/2010 | P-12 | Alternate 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 and fingerprinting in regards to licensing of teachers and school administrators.
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/OA...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2010 | Postsec. | 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 places responsibility for the development
of the assessment with the state board of education. This legislation will redi...
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| OR | Rule Adoption 03/2010 | P-12 | Oregon 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_500/OAR_581/581_tofc.html...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | State 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 adaptive tests, as determined by the state board of education. Eliminates the requirement to administer a statewide nor...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 could be waived to remove funding pressures on public schools temporarily.
Sections 2-4: Eliminates the requirement to...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Workplace 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 Workplace Readiness Skills assessment.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+SB630ER+pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | California 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 Assessment of Academic Achievement", to January 2014.
60604.5: Adds new section establishing legislative intent that the reautho...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Including 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 students, as identified pursuant to existing law, on or after July 1, 2013, be included in the state's assessment system...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Specified Accomodations
H.B. 631
Requires local school districts to use certain accommodations to preserve integrity and validity of student assessment test.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/pdf/HB/0600-0699/HB0631SG.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Audit 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 instrument, in grades three through eight, for more than three percent of its students with disabilities population in thos...
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| NY | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Regents 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 disabilities who first enter grade 9 prior to September 2011 and who fail one or more of the required Regents exams to ...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-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 Program for an additional 3 years and to include an additional 7 sites (or as
many as are allowed by available funding), as ev...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | State 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 adaptive tests, as determined by the state board of education. Eliminates the requirement to administer a statewide nor...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 could be waived to remove funding pressures on public schools temporarily.
Sections 2-4: Eliminates the requirement to...
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Research-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 education and a technical school or college or (2) a small learning community where a student receives academic instructio...
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Adolescent Literacy
S.B. 163
Relates to adolescent reading skills. Expresses legislative intent that all middle and high school students have the skills necessary to read complex materials in specific core subjects and comprehend and apply information. Requires every middle and high scho...
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | Omnibus 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 website for both the district and individual school levels, along with instruction to assist the public in understanding and...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | California 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 Academy (CPA) as follows: (1) Defines irregular attendance to mean absence from school 20 percent or more of the school...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Reporting 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 department of finance and the legislative analyst's office, to prepare the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data Syste...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Definition 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 dropouts to students enrolled in grades 9-12. Adds that a student may not be listed as a dropout due to expulsion, aging ou...
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| IL | Adopted 08/2010 | P-12 | Hope 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 with the goal of re-enrolling high school dropouts into programs that will enable these individuals to earn their high sc...
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| LA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Options 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 options within 120 days of leaving school: 1) re-enroll in school and make progress towards completing requirements for g...
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| GA | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Alternative/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 program" as a program operating in affiliation with a school; a program does not report full-time equivalent (FTE) or re...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Improving 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-year cohort graduation rate by local school administrative units.
(2) Establish as a short-term goal that local school ad...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Flexibility 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 pertaining to personnel. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1201v3.pdf...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Identifying 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 promotion and graduation, beginning no later than the fourth grade. Identification shall occur as early as can reasonably ...
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| WV | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Pilot 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 community development school pilot program for implementation in a public school with significant enrollments of disadvant...
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| KS | Issued 06/2010 | P-12 | Dropout 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/executive-orders/705-executive-order-10-04...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | High 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 its Internet website. Districts must send a written notice to the parent or other legal guardian of high school students...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 college basic skills courses.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/42E285F47258D0C6872576AC0...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Transition 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 is detrimental to the safety or welfare of themselves or others during the previous twelve months.
http://www.leg.state....
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Research-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 education and a technical school or college or (2) a small learning community where a student receives academic instructio...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | At-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 documented history of serious psychiatric or behavioral disorders, and children who are 2 or more years behind grade level a...
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Implements 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 coordinated services district system by June 1, 2010. The system shall coordinate and implement service delivery initiatives to i...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-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 program. Provides that the schools shall be public schools established by a contract between the governing board of the...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Programs 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 minority students program [both created in 53A-17a-121]; (3) the gifted and talented program; (4) the advanced placement progra...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Dropout Prevention
S.B. 6403
Regarding accountability and support for vulnerable students and dropouts. Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, by September 15, 2010, to develop and report recommendations for the development of a comprehensive, K-12 dropout reduct...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Implements 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 strategies to accommodate various learning styles that will focus on a statewide dropout intervention and prevention program ...
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| CO | Adopted 02/2010 | P-12 | Dropout 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 Program.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300 Department of Education&agencyID=109...
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| AL | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Commission 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 Regular Session) to December 31, 2010 (2009 S.J.R. 24 creating the commission directed the entity to provide a final repo...
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| GA | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Alternative/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 program" as a program operating in affiliation with a school; a program does not report full-time equivalent (FTE) or re...
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| WV | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Alternative Schools
S.B. 2010
Provides uniformity in alternative schools and requires a pilot program that will allow alternative schools in elementary and middle schools. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2010%20enr.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=2X&i=2010 ...
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| AK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Alternative 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, Alaska Challenge Youth Academy.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/26/Bills/HB0360Z.PDF...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Alternative 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 programs; relates to specific standards and criteria used by the board to approve schools; to provide guidelines for such repo...
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Substance Abuse
H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions
Requires regulations to be issued requiring contractors and subcontractors working on public works construction projects at public schools to establish and implement a random drug and alcohol testing program. The tests must be administered by a certified labor...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Implements 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 strategies to accommodate various learning styles that will focus on a statewide dropout intervention and prevention program ...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2010 | P-12 | Truants
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-mail or telephone. (Previous legislation required this notification to be made by first-class mail.)
Defines "conscientiou...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Determining 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 within the district. Specifies certain types of documents that must be considered reasonable evidence. Authorizes a scho...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Reporting 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 department of finance and the legislative analyst's office, to prepare the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data Syste...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Chronic 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 school year, from the date of enrollment to the current date, provided that the appropriate school district officer or ...
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| GA | Adopted 08/2010 | P-12 | Student 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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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-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 observances required by the faith of a student or the student's parents; provides that the student's parents may be require...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Enrollment 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. armed forces who is the sole legal custodian of the child, and is stationed in another state, and is deployed for duty aw...
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| GA | Vetoed 06/2010 | P-12 | Compulsory 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 a public or private school within 15 days of such new residency (or by the start date of school if such new residency o...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 attendance provisions. Defines "effective" adult education program. Eliminate the division of adult and community educati...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Student 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 within the geographic boundaries of the school system unless such student is legally excluded from attending school.
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Truancy
H.B. 154
Makes various changes to the laws on truancy; provides for excused absences, parental responsibility and petitions for children in need of services.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/HB0154.html...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Truancy - 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-teacher conferences as an alternative to criminal prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30
http://www.capitol....
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Habitual 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 for part or all of five or more school days during any semester) during either semester in the current school year, the s...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Interscholastic Athletics
H.B. 327
Requires the state board of education or any agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations that permit the hiring of a nonteaching or noncertified person in a coaching position. Requires that ...
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| NE | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Kindergarten 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 date was Oct. 15. The bill includes an exception for children who turn 5 between Aug. 1 and Oct. 15 if they perform adequa...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Parental 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 for notifying parents concerning students' nonattendance at school; provides that the school principal or his designee ...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Religious 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 recorded as excused on the student's attendance record and that a student not be deprived of any award or of eligibility or...
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Professional 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 program. Directs the department of human services to award Gateways to Opportunity credentials to early care and education, ...
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| KY | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Recording 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), "tardy" (student absent less than 35% of the regularly-scheduled school day), "half-day absence" (student absent 35-84% of r...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Enrollment 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. armed forces who is the sole legal custodian of the child, and is stationed in another state, and is deployed for duty aw...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Student Attendance Policies
S.B. 309
Revises compulsory school attendance, and habitual student absence or tardiness policies.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722786...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Implements 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 strategies to accommodate various learning styles that will focus on a statewide dropout intervention and prevention program ...
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Raise 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 attendance law is raised from 16 to 18. The law continues to allow exemptions for home schooled students, private school stude...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School 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 from entering grade 10. Replaces with language that provides that no student who is age 20 or older on the first instruc...
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Professional 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 program. Directs the department of human services to award Gateways to Opportunity credentials to early care and education, ...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2010 | P-12 | Truants
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-mail or telephone. (Previous legislation required this notification to be made by first-class mail.)
Defines "conscientiou...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Chronic 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 school year, from the date of enrollment to the current date, provided that the appropriate school district officer or ...
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| GA | Vetoed 06/2010 | P-12 | Compulsory 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 a public or private school within 15 days of such new residency (or by the start date of school if such new residency o...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Student Attendance Policies
S.B. 309
Revises compulsory school attendance, and habitual student absence or tardiness policies.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722786...
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Truancy
H.B. 154
Makes various changes to the laws on truancy; provides for excused absences, parental responsibility and petitions for children in need of services.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/HB0154.html...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Truancy
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 that a child who is an habitual truant shall come under the purview of the Juvenile Corrections Act if he or she was withi...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Parental 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 for notifying parents concerning students' nonattendance at school; provides that the school principal or his designee ...
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| IL | Signed into law 12/2010 | P-12 | Authorizations 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. Provides that in order to substitute teach in the public schools, a person holding valid certification must register as a ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Heritage 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 private full-time school, and offer foreign language education or tutoring and cultural education relating to a foreign ...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Informing 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 have had their state teaching credential revoked or suspended. New provision instead requires the commission to make avai...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Background 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 districts to run a background check if a person is an applicant for employment, or is employed on a part-time or substitute bas...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Career 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 superintendent and have been recommended for dismissal; Provides that the employee will be viewed as having consented to: (1)...
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Notification 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 employees who have completed their probationary employment period of the intent to continue or not to continue that employm...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | List 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 requirement that DOE provide each school with access to such information. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb651.pdf...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | National 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 employee and requires that one be conducted for a prospective employee.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Requires 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 record search conducted by the local school district using records maintained by the state law enforcement division; re...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Interscholastic Athletics
H.B. 327
Requires the state board of education or any agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations that permit the hiring of a nonteaching or noncertified person in a coaching position. Requires that ...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Background 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 five years of employment after the initial check. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB447/bill.doc...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Personal 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 development, in-service training, or parent-teacher conferences are scheduled, according to a school calendar adopted by the ...
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| AL | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Sex 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 the issuance or renewal of a commercial driver's license with an endorsement authorizing the license holder to drive a ...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Background 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 schools. Defines "contract employees" (staffing service employees) and includes them among school employees who must unde...
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| AL | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Alabama 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 Ethics," was ambiguous and incapable of being enforced as currently drafted, the legislative joint committee disapproved the ...
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| IL | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Certification 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., endorsement, approval, designation) to indicate whether he/she has ever had a certificate denied, suspended or revoked in ...
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| UT | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Arrests/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 (DPS) regarding arrests/convictions of current or prospective licensees (prior language referred only to reviewing data...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2010 | P-12 | English 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 instruction to increase the amount of economic impact aid received by a school district by the amount the district recei...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Including 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 students, as identified pursuant to existing law, on or after July 1, 2013, be included in the state's assessment system...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Purposes 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 or indirectly provide technical assistance and professional development to support transitional bilingual education progr...
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| IL | Adopted 08/2010 | P-12 | Transitional 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 program of instruction (TPI) without having achieved English proficiency. These new provisions help to more clearly ide...
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| IL | Adopted 08/2010 | P-12 | Preschool 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 district, either in an attendance center or a non-school-based facility, must meet the personnel qualifications and prof...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Use 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 bilingual funds be used for instructional costs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1170.pdf...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | STEM
H.B. 2621
Designates resource programs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instruction in K12 schools; requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to designate schools to serve as resources and examples on how to combine a small, highly personali...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | California 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 Academy (CPA) as follows: (1) Defines irregular attendance to mean absence from school 20 percent or more of the school...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | CTE Facilities
S.B. 1380
From bill summary: Requires school facilities constructed or modernized with specified bond funds set aside for career technical education purposes to be used for career technical education purposes for a minimum of 5 years. Requires the governing board of an ...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | Postsec. | 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 for areas of occupational or technical training identified by the Student Aid Commission (areas to be reviewed and upda...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Linked Learning Programs
A.B. 1223
Defines "linked learning programs". Authorizes the commission on teacher credentialing to convene a workgroup consisting of specified members to develop program standards for the issuance of a recognition of study for linked learning competence for holders of ...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-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. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1998, and to the extent permitted under federal law, that schoo...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Partnership 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 the legislature, to the superintendent of public instruction for expenditure in the form of local grants to be allocated...
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| TX | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Other 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. Adds new math courses, including career and technical education (CTE) courses, to the list of courses that count for hig...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Exams 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-of-course examination questions reflect content and method of instruction used for related courses.
http://www.legis.stat...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | Postsec.
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 school during the 2010-2011 school
year and thereafter, the student may, as an alternative requirement to ACT scores, h...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 administer a program for the payment of the cost of licensing tests for adult students with financial need who
complete a hi...
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| TX | Adopted 06/2010 | P-12 | Career 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 career and technical education. Names career and technical student organizations recognized by the U.S. Department of Ed...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | State 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; Requires that at least 2 members of the state board have industrial, trade or technical school experience; Requires that on...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Vocational-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 service at a vocational-technical school that is 10 years or older; Requires the superintendent of the vocational-technica...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | CTE 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 granting a student a variance from one or more portions of the high school graduation test. Provides that before granting a va...
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Educational 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 revise the plan as appropriate before entering high school; requires the EDP to also be based on high school readiness s...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
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 could be combined into an educational career path leading to a diploma or degree. The study must recognize the need for...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
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 certified surgical technologist through partnerships between MnSCU institutions with accredited surgical technologist programs a...
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| RI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Senate 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 and recommendations by March 31, 2011. Provides the commission will expire on June 30, 2015. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us...
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Student 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 12 to engage in webcam conversations about careers with individuals in this state who have careers in math, science, ag...
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Comprehensive 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 school major improvement projects for vocational programs at comprehensive middle schools. Defines "comprehensive middle scho...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Joint 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 approved by the career and technical education division of the Arizona Department of Education and that meets the following...
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| OR | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Professional Development
H.B. 3619A
Establishes Task Force on Education Career Preparation and Development for purpose of improving effectiveness of school teachers, administrators and counselors by building stronger connections between education career preparation institutions and employers of ...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Integrating 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 curriculum and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to study the integration of geographic
information technolo...
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2010 | Postsec.
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 Education Program Act of 1990; Amends an objective of the Act to ensure that every person in a correctional facility who has an ...
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| OR | Temporary Rule Adoption 03/2010 | P-12 | Career 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. Establishes an "Instructor Appraisal Committee" to include at least one ODE recognized regional coordinator of career and t...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 interest, or as a hobby, or courses or programs that prepare individuals to teach such pursuits.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cg...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Implements 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 strategies to accommodate various learning styles that will focus on a statewide dropout intervention and prevention program ...
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| CA | Adopted 02/2010 | P-12 | Career 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 Teaching Credential, as determined by a Commission-approved program. Accepts one year of general education teaching experience...
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| AZ | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Certification 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://www.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_07/title_07.PDF...
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | CTE 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 described in the federal America COMPETES Act be collected for career technical education programs operated by a local ed...
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| TN | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Tennessee 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) funding of CTE classes to the amount provided for academic classes in grades 7-12. Increases the average class size for ...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Research-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 education and a technical school or college or (2) a small learning community where a student receives academic instructio...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Farm Internships
S.B. 6349
Establishes a farm internship program to provide for the employment of farm interns subject to certain limitations; provides that the application for such interns must be made by the farm upon specified forms; provides the required contents of the application;...
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 corporation or foundation and leased to a charter or cyber charter school or associated nonprofit from real estate taxes.
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| NV | Adopted Regulations 10/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 charter, or by an earlier or later date if mutually agreed upon by the chartering authority and the charter school to a...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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-interest laws. Authorizes an individual to serve as a member of the governing body of a charter school and be employed in ...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 school students. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_438_bill_20100817_chaptered.pdf...
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| FL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Repeals 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 applications to the Florida Schools of Excellence Commission. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?Fi...
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Issuing 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) issue a request for proposals (RFP). Provides that if after September 1, 2013 either the board of regents or the SUNY board ...
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| AK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 235
An Act relating to charter school approval and funding. Establishes a charter school facilities construction, lease and major maintenance grant program. Chapter 91. MANIFEST ERRORS ON THIS BILL. WILL BE REVIEWED
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_te...
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| HI | Adopted 06/2010 | P-12 | Public 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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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 proposals and renewal of charters; to provide relative to the use of local school board facilities and property by a char...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 proposed charter school. Updates focus primarily on student discipline policies and plans, and enrollment preferences.
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722547...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Empowered 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 board. Plans must include information such as:
1. A statement of the mission of the school, zone, or district and why d...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 7867, S.B. 2734
Rewrites charter school provisions. Establishes separate provisions for "district charter schools" (existing schools converting to charter status), "independent charter schools" (start-up charter schools created by nonprofit organizations or postsecondary inst...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 community college districts with a combine enrollment of at least 15,000 full-time students to sponsor a charter school. Limit...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Affiliated 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 determines that the applicant is sufficiently qualified to operate a charter school and is applying to operate as a separate cha...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 of education and the educational committees concerning standards for such schools and authorizers.
http://www.leg.state...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 buildings and services; authorizes a board of cooperative services to contract with a district charter school or an institute ch...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 management organization operating such charter school from sharing board members with other charter schools and such charter ...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Innovation 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 exclusive representatives of the teachers' and administrators' units, convert an existing public school into an innovation sch...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Elminates 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 than 250 students, or in the case of a K-8 charter school, more than 300 students, or (2) 25% of the enrollment of the sch...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Petition 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 and charter schools. New provision specifies that a local board must not act on a petition for a conversion charter for ...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Research-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 education and a technical school or college or (2) a small learning community where a student receives academic instructio...
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 with rigorous criteria (including student achievement as a significant factor) for charter schools to be authorized and re...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Early 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 development screening program. Requires charter schools that provide screening to inform families that apply for admission to t...
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Removal 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 education to issue approval of chartered public schools within that same time period. Changes the renewal term for a ch...
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 board of regents and the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York (SUNY Trustees) are each authorized to deve...
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Charters 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.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A11311&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 school site listed on the school improvement list (under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) or by the state boar...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | New 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 for the conversion of underperforming schools into conversion charter schools, for contracts relating to such conversio...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 federal funding.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB2212_ENR.RTF...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 Department of Education for the purpose of demonstrating that the charter school's implementation progress is consistent with t...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Choice
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 other consideration to a student, parent or legal guardian of a student or another entity for benefit of a student, parent...
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| RI | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 charter if after three (3) years of operation the charter school has not demonstrated success. (After three (3) consecutiv...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Pilot 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 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund such school; provides the application plan process for any entity seeking to ...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 operate a charter school. Establishes procedures for state approval, opening and operation of a charter school chartered throu...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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. Removes a statutory enrollment cap on charter schools. Allows the state board to approve an increase in charter school enrollm...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 of education to approve an increase in charter school enrollment capacity in the 2012-13 school year or thereafter, sub...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Proposed 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 pre- certification recommendation prior to the submission of such application to a local school board; provides for a p...
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| UT | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 funding formula, monies must be allocated among charter schools in proportion to each charter school's share of the total...
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| IA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Race 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 of the Bill will qualify school districts with persistently lowest achieving schools eligible to receive U.S. Departmen...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Students 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 attend public schools operating in the same geographic area as a charter school or a regional charter school to be eligible...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 graduation of students leaving a charter school and seeking to enroll in a district school. In drafting the model polic...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 2011-2012 school year or at the time of its next charter renewal, whichever occurs first. (Section 12)
http://www.mass.gov/legi...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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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| MI | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Schools 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 excellence." These schools could be authorized by local and intermediate school districts, community colleges, and publi...
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| FL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Academic 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 performance-based charter school districts. Repeals references elsewhere in the education code to academic performance-based char...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Empowered 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 board. Plans must include information such as:
1. A statement of the mission of the school, zone, or district and why d...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Petition 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 and charter schools. New provision specifies that a local board must not act on a petition for a conversion charter for ...
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| HI | Adopted 06/2010 | P-12 | Public 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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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 7867, S.B. 2734
Rewrites charter school provisions. Establishes separate provisions for "district charter schools" (existing schools converting to charter status), "independent charter schools" (start-up charter schools created by nonprofit organizations or postsecondary inst...
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 board of regents and the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York (SUNY Trustees) are each authorized to deve...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Testing 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 district of residence or is not located in the district of residence of the student be provided the opportunity to take any te...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 Arizona Online Instruction (AOI) program; establishes the continuously appropriated charter online instruction processing ...
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| OR | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Virtual Schools
H.B. 3660A
Imposes requirements on virtual public charter schools related to budget and accounting system, tracking of student progress, administrator and teacher qualifications, student and school records and notification of enrollment and withdrawal; prohibits State Bo...
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Schools 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 excellence." These schools could be authorized by local and intermediate school districts, community colleges, and publi...
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 categorical program funding included in the annual budget act on behalf of a school that begins operation in the 2008–09 to ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Federal 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 state's 2010 federal tax credit bond volume cap for qualified school construction bonds (QSCB). Authorizes charter schools...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Eligibility 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 other agencies deemed eligible pursuant to state and federal law, in any application for federal aid to education, in any al...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 provisions requiring certain minimum per pupil funding amounts pursuant to the most recent legislatively approved minimum foun...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 7867, S.B. 2734
Rewrites charter school provisions. Establishes separate provisions for "district charter schools" (existing schools converting to charter status), "independent charter schools" (start-up charter schools created by nonprofit organizations or postsecondary inst...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Finance
H.B. 2722
Provides admission of residents of other school districts; relates to tuition and nonresidents of the state; provides that a school district or a charter school shall not include pupils who are not residents of this state in the district's or charter school's ...
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 with rigorous criteria (including student achievement as a significant factor) for charter schools to be authorized and re...
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| TX | Adopted 05/2010 | P-12 | Commissioner'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 data from fiscal year 2008-09, including a new worksheet and calculations. Also incorporates open-enrollment charter school...
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| CA | Adopted 04/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 "Adequate Yearly Progress". Adds language in 10177, "Eligible Applicant" allowing a charter school to appeal any response by th...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 federal funding.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB2212_ENR.RTF...
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Public School Financial Transparency Act
H.B. 1036
Enacts the Public School Financial Transparency Act, which requires school districts, district charter schools, boards of cooperative education, the state charter school institute, and institute charter schools to post financial information on-line, in a downl...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | School/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 finance subcommittee shall: (1) make recommendations to the local school board in the following areas: (a) financial planning...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | State 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 calculated in accordance with state board of education rule; (2) modifying the reporting of pupil-teacher ratios and (3) de...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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. Removes a statutory enrollment cap on charter schools. Allows the state board to approve an increase in charter school enrollm...
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| UT | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 funding formula, monies must be allocated among charter schools in proportion to each charter school's share of the total...
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Interdistrict 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 interdistrict transfer and requires that a district allow a pupil to continue to attend the school in which he/she is enrolled,...
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| NJ | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Interdistrict 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 become "choice districts" and allow students from outside district boundaries to transfer into them. Addresses desegrega...
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| CA | Emergency Regulations 08/2010 | P-12 | Open 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 may apply to transfer to higher achieving schools within their school district or in another school district. The emergenc...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School 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 their parents' choosing. Provides for the purpose of the program; ligibility requirements for participating students and ...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 education program from rules adopted by the state board of education prior to 11/24/09.
Changes the office of the county sc...
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Open 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 such students; the school district providing the transportation is to notify the local board of education where the pupil...
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Open 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 pupils who are attending an underlying elementary school district (a district operating only grades Kindergarten to eig...
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Habitual 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 for part or all of five or more school days during any semester) during either semester in the current school year, the s...
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Race 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 Race to the Top Assessment Program application. A school board may request waivers as necessary to implement an instruc...
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Open 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 schools to attend public schools in districts other than their district of residence. Provides no district may have more th...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Students 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 attend public schools operating in the same geographic area as a charter school or a regional charter school to be eligible...
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Empowered 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 board. Plans must include information such as:
1. A statement of the mission of the school, zone, or district and why d...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Innovation 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 exclusive representatives of the teachers' and administrators' units, convert an existing public school into an innovation sch...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Choice 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 possibility of implementation and expansion of such optional programs to every school within the district. Report is due...
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Corporate 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, by adding chapter 15. Establishes additional oversight and reporting requirements for school tuition organizations (STOs...
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| PA | Signed into law 11/2010 | P-12 | Tuitioning 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 fiscal note: Authorizes tuition for students in small district that are currently under fiscal district to designated di...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Scholarships 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 to deny, suspend, or revoke private school's participation in the scholarship program if owner or operator of such school...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School 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 school student attainment of industry certification. Provides that student performance on statewide assessments determine sch...
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| GA | Vetoed 06/2010 | P-12 | Middle 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 those grades qualify for the middle school program for students. Eliminates provision that for students not performing on ...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Lindsey 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 for students with disabilities for whom an individualized education program (IEP) in accordance with the Individuals with ...
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| WI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Voucher Programs
A.B. 75
Requires the governing board of every private school participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program to adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography and history. Requires a school participating in the Milwaukee ...
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| VT | to governor 05/2010 | P-12 | Incentives 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 second part directs the commissioner of education to request the Regional Education Laboratory Northeast and Islands (REL-...
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| GA | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Georgia 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/legalservices/160-5-1-.34.pdf...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | 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.
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/2r/summary/s.2668ed_revised.doc.htm...
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Students 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 students, if so serving while school is in session, be recorded as in attendance. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default...
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| HI | Adopted 04/2010 | P-12 | Integration 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 the love of self, family and the wider community) in public schools for improved learning in the 21st century. http://w...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Course 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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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Civics Education
S.B. 715
Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to require all education preparation programs for teachers in history and social sciences, elementary education pre K-6, and middle education 6-8 to include local government and civics instruction speci...
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| VA | Issued 03/2010 | P-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 Community Services Trust Act of 1993 and to advise the Governor and Cabinet Secretaries on matters related to promotion an...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | 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.
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/2r/summary/s.2668ed_revised.doc.htm...
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Students 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 students, if so serving while school is in session, be recorded as in attendance. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default...
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| HI | Adopted 04/2010 | P-12 | Integration 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 the love of self, family and the wider community) in public schools for improved learning in the 21st century. http://w...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Course 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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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Civics Education
S.B. 715
Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to require all education preparation programs for teachers in history and social sciences, elementary education pre K-6, and middle education 6-8 to include local government and civics instruction speci...
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| VA | Issued 03/2010 | P-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 Community Services Trust Act of 1993 and to advise the Governor and Cabinet Secretaries on matters related to promotion an...
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| GA | Vetoed 06/2010 | P-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 U.S. Constitution on or around September 17 each year for the students served by the school, college or university.
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Pledge 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 and ideals. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb518.pdf...
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| FL | Rejected by voters 11/2010 | P-12 | Class 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 through 3, the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher in an individual classroom must not exceed 21; (2) For gr...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Class 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 provide information to parents on the district's website, and through any other means by which the district provides informa...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Revises 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 2010-2011 school year, the maximum number of students who may be assigned to a teacher (while not exceeding the school lev...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Waivers 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 costs, staff and professional development costs, and additional days of instruction. Temporarily provides for system averag...
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Class 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 the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to reduce class size to 15 pupils in grades Kindergarten to three in schools...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | State 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 calculated in accordance with state board of education rule; (2) modifying the reporting of pupil-teacher ratios and (3) de...
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| NV | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Class Size
A.B. 4B
Revises provisions governing class-size reduction to allow school districts flexibility in addressing budget shortfalls; allows a school district to elect to increase class size by not more than a specified number of pupils to achieve specified ratios in speci...
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2010 | P-12 | Evaluating 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 strategies that demonstrate the effectiveness of schools in meeting accountability requirements pursuant to the act. Directs ...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Student Academic Profiles
H.B. 486
Requires school guidance counselors employed in public high schools to complete an academic profile for each student in the ninth grade. Outlines information to be included in the profile and other requirements.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocu...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Web-Based Counseling
S.B. 387
Requires the Georgia Student Finance Commission to (1) Provide students in grades 6-12 with web-based counseling, career awareness inventories, and information to help them evaluate their academic skills and career interests and (2) Provide students in grades ...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 recognized as (1) meeting postsecondary entrance test requirements and (2) qualifying students to enroll in credit-bearing posts...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Research-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 education and a technical school or college or (2) a small learning community where a student receives academic instructio...
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Educational 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 revise the plan as appropriate before entering high school; requires the EDP to also be based on high school readiness s...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 receive a satisfactory score on an advanced placement examination; requires the state department of education to develop a...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Financial 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 for students beginning ninth grade in 2009-2010; reconciles multiple amendments to the same section of law, including indi...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | High 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 amendments to the same section of law. Spells out requirements for individual student next-step plans that set forth th...
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| CO | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Individual Career and Academic Plans
1 CCR 301-81
Intends to decrease dropout rates and increase graduation rates by assisting students in developing and maintaining a personalized postsecondary plan that ensures readiness for postsecondary workforce success. http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalAgencyList...
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2010 | P-12 | Gun 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 instruction for elementary school pupils; Requires the model program to adopt or be based on the "Eddie Eagle" gunsafe accident...
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | State 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 within 18 months.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Curriculum
H.B. 2281
Prohibits a school district or charter school from including courses or classes that either promote the overthrow of the United States government or promote resentment toward a race or class of people. Specifies that the act cannot be construed to restrict or ...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Arizona 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 in the course requirements. Requires qualified instructors to hold current firearms safety instruction certification fro...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Civics Education Act
H.B. 105
Civics Education [SPSC]; Designates act "Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Education Act"; provides requirement that reading portion of language arts curriculum include civics education content for all grade levels; provides requirements for civics education ...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Task 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 design in which curriculum is intentionally and systemically designed from the beginning to address students' individual di...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | High 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 on the New Testament and its impact; or an elective course that teaches students knowledge of biblical content, characte...
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Funds 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. Directs the department of public safety to use the money in the fund to fund the rental, lease or purchase of the simul...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 could be waived to remove funding pressures on public schools temporarily.
Sections 2-4: Eliminates the requirement to...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Open 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 educational materials to the Consortium; provides that certain content may be licensed or sold for a reasonable fee, prov...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Authorizing 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, among other principles of firearm safety, accident prevention and the rules of the National Rifle Association's Eddie ...
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Entrepreneurship Education
H.B. 1152
Requires the Department of Education to develop a framework for entrepreneurship education for use at middle and high school levels.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2010/Bills/HB1152ENR.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Economics 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-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+HB196ER+pdf...
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| WI | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Science 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 school grades if the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has determined that the course qualifies as science, accord...
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| WI | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Human 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 pupils in their districts are provided ageappropriate instruction in human growth and development. The Act provides that the ...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 could be waived to remove funding pressures on public schools temporarily.
Sections 2-4: Eliminates the requirement to...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Comprehensive 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 Cultural Resources to create a Comprehensive Arts Education Development plan for the public schools. The task force must spe...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 arts education into the standards, assessments, and postsecondary and workforce readiness program that the state board of...
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Incentives 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 used for arts education.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-375.pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 school students. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_438_bill_20100817_chaptered.pdf...
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| MA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Motorcycle 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 safety and operation of a motorcycle.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st02pdf/st02344.pdf...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Drivers 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 requires applicants to notify the director of the division of motor vehicles of certain arrests and convictions.
http://www.gen...
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Funds 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. Directs the department of public safety to use the money in the fund to fund the rental, lease or purchase of the simul...
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Student 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 their rights to complete an alternative project approved by the student's teacher. Requires such notice to be distributed t...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Pediatric 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 this segment should also suggest methods of calming crying infants, techniques for caregivers to use to calm themselves...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 could be waived to remove funding pressures on public schools temporarily.
Sections 2-4: Eliminates the requirement to...
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | Economic 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 financial literacy materials, identify and recognize exemplary programs, and to provide these materials to schools through the...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Consumer 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. Students who demonstrated proficiency on the test were excused from the receiving instruction in consumer education as a prer...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 and education of Tennessee citizens. Such program may include, but not necessarily be limited to, the development
of a s...
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| AL | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Personal 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 course in their curriculum for high school students....
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Heritage 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 private full-time school, and offer foreign language education or tutoring and cultural education relating to a foreign ...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Foreign 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 proficiency test. Requires the state board to establish a test for each foreign language that is taught in Tennessee public...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Foreign 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 kindergarten through six. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 2009
http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Chinese Language
H.B. 3628A
Authorizes Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into contract for purpose of ensuring that Chinese language is available to public school students; declares emergency, effective on passage. Chapter 13
http://www.leg.state.or.us/10ss1/measpdf/hb3600.di...
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| DE | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | American 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/vwLegislation/HB+244/$file/legis.html?open...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Integrating 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 curriculum and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to study the integration of geographic
information technolo...
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Health 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 parents, students, food service providers, and community organizations to adopt local wellness policies and update them at l...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Teen 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 in grades 7-12; requires district school boards to adopt and implement dating violence and abuse policy; requires the s...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Dating 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 enrolled in Health Education age
11 and grade appropriate classroom instruction relative to dating violence.
http://www.leg...
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Healthful 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 can be offered at the high school level. Requires these honors-level courses to be more rigorous than standard-level cours...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Student 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 wellness
(2) Make periodic policy recommendations to the state board of education on ways to improve the nutritional sta...
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Farm-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 will both increase the amount of farm-fresh produce from the state into the state schools and promote agricultural educatio...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Curriculum
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 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-712.01; Permits school district governing boards to prescribe and enf...
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| MI | Signed into law 10/2010 | P-12 | Native 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, the board of a school district, or the board of directors of a public school academy (PSA) authorizing the superintenden...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Suspends 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; Provides that writing assessments may be administered only to students in grades 5 and 8 and that writing assessments may not...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | Postsec.
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 district and who meets the academic requirements established by the community college or state university, for up to 6 cred...
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| NE | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Content 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 determined by each district to be measurable quality standards that are the same as, equal to, or more rigorous than the state...
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| NY | Vetoed 10/2010 | P-12 | Outdoor 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 playspace in New York city public schools. Requires that the report identify: --Each outdoor playground at an educational ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Self-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 instruction and safety instruction in the next revision of the physical
education framework for pupils in grades 7, 8, 9, 11 and ...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | State 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 51 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf...
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Physical 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 and charter schools to increase physical activity in schools. Establishes goal that children engage in physical activity f...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Nutrition 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 results of any wellness-related fitness testing done by school districts, as well as information on successful programs and p...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Student 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 wellness
(2) Make periodic policy recommendations to the state board of education on ways to improve the nutritional sta...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Physical Education
S.B. 1876
Requires that the physical education curriculum be sequential, developmentally appropriate, and designed, implemented, and evaluated to enable students to develop the motor and self-management skills and knowledge necessary to participate in physical activity ...
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| AL | Pocket veto by governor 05/2010 | P-12 | Physical 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 education if taught at a magnet school, or may include marching band, JROTC, or other activity as approved in the stude...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Healthy 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 for students to be physically active and make healthy food choices throughout the day. The program seeks to integrate phy...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Requires 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 renovated and occupied after January 1, 2013, to include a gymnasium and support spaces for physical education instruction ...
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | Science 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 establish partnerships with schools or districts to provide for the lease or purchase of scientific or technical equipm...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Academic 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, directs the state board to adopt a schedule for the commission to review and recommend revisions to the science and hi...
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Student 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 their rights to complete an alternative project approved by the student's teacher. Requires such notice to be distributed t...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | Postsec.
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 district and who meets the academic requirements established by the community college or state university, for up to 6 cred...
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| WI | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Science 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 school grades if the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has determined that the course qualifies as science, accord...
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| WI | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Human 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 pupils in their districts are provided ageappropriate instruction in human growth and development. The Act provides that the ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | California 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 days of remembrance for victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Academic 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, directs the state board to adopt a schedule for the commission to review and recommend revisions to the science and hi...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Fred 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; encourages all public schools and educational institutions to conduct exercises on that day remembering the life of Fr...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | History-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 education of content that it interprets to be the result of certain changes made to the Texas Administrative Code. Repeals th...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Ed 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 conduct suitable commemorative exercises on that date. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_1251-1300/sb_1256_...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Ronald 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 remembering the life of Ronald Reagan, recognizing his accomplishments, and familiarizing pupils with the contributions he ...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Holocaust 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 executive director of the board of higher eduation. Establishes powers and duties of the commission, including to (1) p...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Event 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 curriculum; stating importance of studying the bombing and its aftermath; authorizing the department to make certain program m...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Course 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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| ME | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Residence 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 guardian is considered a resident of either the school administrative unit where the student resides or the school administr...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | Community College | Pilot 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. Provides the goal of the program is to facilitate graduation of community college nursing and allied health students by testi...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | Postsec. | 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 for areas of occupational or technical training identified by the Student Aid Commission (areas to be reviewed and upda...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-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. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1998, and to the extent permitted under federal law, that schoo...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Partnership 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 the legislature, to the superintendent of public instruction for expenditure in the form of local grants to be allocated...
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| NY | Vetoed 08/2010 | Community College | Technology 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 their educational, occupational and training services including their facilities, labs and high technology equipment. Requ...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | Postsec. | 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 to encourage private companies to share their new energy technologies with public institutions of higher education, publi...
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| KS | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Kansas 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 development and implementation of a broadband digital strategy to support statewide availability and adoption of broadband...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | Community College | Workforce 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 establish a Centers of Excellence Program to provide customized educational and training programs to meet areas of need ...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | Postsec.
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 postsecondary institutions; provides for autonomies, including setting tuition rates, granted to institutions that enter int...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | Community 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 "to offer all students the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for intellectual, professional and pe...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 on the council's goals, policies and activities. Directs the council to annually produce a Unified Workforce Development...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 administer a program for the payment of the cost of licensing tests for adult students with financial need who
complete a hi...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
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; relates to postsecondary educational opportunities and job retraining goals.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl....
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | State 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; Requires that at least 2 members of the state board have industrial, trade or technical school experience; Requires that on...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
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 education programs and the community college and state college workforce education programs for the purpose of identifying...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 development policy. Provides that the annual allocation reserved by federal law for statewide workforce activities and adm...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
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 could be combined into an educational career path leading to a diploma or degree. The study must recognize the need for...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
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 certified surgical technologist through partnerships between MnSCU institutions with accredited surgical technologist programs a...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
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 issues and principles for the responsible use to protect health, environment, and workers safety.
https://www.revisor.mn...
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| NJ | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
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 flexibility in planning and growth at state and county colleges, and creating jobs.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/S1000/...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | High 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 for the assessment of PSAT or PLAN; Provides that the selection of the test for each student should be informed by the stu...
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| TX | Adopted 05/2010 | Postsec. | 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 Commission enter into a Memorandum of Understanding for the coordination and administration of the Texas Career Opportu...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-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% of the prisoners wage to be deposited into a transitions program. Allows a contracted entity in the transitions progra...
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-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 agencies to share data to support research that will improve educational and workforce outcomes and meet the longitudinal data...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Job 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 programs. Chapter 276
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2010/H0509.htm...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-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 workforce data from all levels of education and the state's workforce. The bill also establishes a Maryland Longitudinal Data Sy...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | Postsec.
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.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB2092.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Employment 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 other partner agencies, to develop pilot programs to assist individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders to obtain and sus...
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-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 opportunity grant program and the opportunity internship program; and (2) create more effective intake and outreach systems to rea...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/pdf/HB/1000-1099/HB1071SG.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | Postsec. | 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.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+HB1304ER+pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Workplace 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 Workplace Readiness Skills assessment.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+SB630ER+pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Workforce 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 create one- time restricted-use data sets in order to evaluate postsecondary and career readiness programs pursuant to specif...
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| VA | Issued 03/2010 | Postsec. | 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 state of public and private higher education in the state, and best practices in other states and countries. Directs the...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Job 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, preapprenticeship training or educational programs associated with port tenants, customers, and local economic development related...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 Commerce and the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board to identify barriers to the growth of green jobs i...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | Postsec.
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 information system designed to gather all information necessary to the performance of the Council's duties, the Council m...
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2010 | Postsec.
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 Workforce and Economic Development, a part of the Council of County Colleges, to provide basic skills training to qualified disp...
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2010 | Postsec.
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/A4500/4327_R1.PDF...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-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 services to Illinois' African Americans by increasing the number of African American state employees total and the number se...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Gender Equity Reporting
H.B. 910
Removes some requirements on the department of education relating to annual gender equity reporting; provides for related matters. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb910.pdf...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
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 individual student financial aid data collected and maintained by the office in order to audit or evaluate federal or state su...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
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) or the Board of Regents (U of M);
• privately operated and has academic standards comparable to Minnesota institutions...
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| DE | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Alignment 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 entities with guidelines under the federal Head Start program.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+470/...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Eligibility 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 other agencies deemed eligible pursuant to state and federal law, in any application for federal aid to education, in any al...
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| NJ | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | State 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 to nonpublic school pupils who are not residents of the State.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/AL10/71_.HTM...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Unfunded 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 state board of education. Provides that if the amount appropriated to fund a new mandate does not fully fund the mandat...
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| GA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Georgia 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 members with 3 gubernatorial appointees, one appointee of the lieutenant governor, and one appointee of the speaker of the...
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| GA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Amendments 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), any regional education service agency and local boards of education. Existing provisions require information on financials...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Statewide 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 the following: (1) Monies received pursuant to the E-Rate Program under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 or other grants...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Grants 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 implementation of the new high school graduation requirements (see section 16 of this bill). http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/A...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Teacher 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 without negative impact to their experience credit; Provides that school districts may not pay district or school administrat...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Plans 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 for budget cuts to the State Department of Education; authorizes the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regula...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Funding 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 to develop a plan to improve reading skills of students and implement appropriate remediation techniques for students. ...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | School 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 that a district that receives a loan shall pledge to repayment any part of the homestead exemption annual tax loss reimb...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Finance
S.B. 67
Revises property tax levies for the general fund of a school district; relates to agricultural property and single-family dwellings.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2010/Bills/SB67ENR.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Change 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; eliminates all related requirements regarding appointment and compensation of persons taking census, agents, and census result...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Finance
H.B. 2893
Changes school levy provisions; modifies the maximum levy percentage for specified calendar years; modifies provisions concerning the allocation of state matching funds to eligible districts. Chapter 237
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bi...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Interdistrict 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 education programs to participating nonresident students from local resource computations used in computing foundation program a...
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| ID | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Unclaimed 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 to the Public School Endowment Fund; requires holders reporting ten or more properties to report in a format required by...
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| NV | Vetoed 02/2010 | P-12 | Unpaid 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; require the approval of a plan for additional overtime to be approved before the overtime is worked; provides for a tem...
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| NV | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Finance
A.B. 5B
Provides a temporary waiver for the biennium to each school district, charter school and university school for profoundly gifted pupils from the minimum expenditure requirements for textbooks, instructional supplies, instructional software and instructional ha...
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| VT | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | An 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 service and performance, to implement these changes with reduced state funding, and to maintain accountability for meeting g...
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| AZ | To governor. 04/2010 | P-12 | Sale 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 of bonds to be deposited to the Bond Building Fund if federal laws or rules require the intest to be used for capital exp...
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| TX | Adopted 12/2010 | P-12 | Financial 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 financial solvency review process for the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to use in assessing the future financial solvency of d...
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | Omnibus 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 intermediate units. By December 31st of each year, the chief administrator and board secretary must certify that financial ...
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| AL | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Expenditures 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, http://publications.sreb.org/2010/10S07_2010_Final_Leg_Rep.pdf, districts were previously "required to spend the funds ...
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| NY | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | School 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 information related to school district funds, from theft and other adverse consequences related to financial transactions,...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Districts 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 to a proper investigation of the district's financials and the delivery of appropriate state services to the district and...
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | School 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.
http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills101/biltxt/truly/HB1831T.HTM...
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| GA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Donations 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 and other educational purposes. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb1200.pdf...
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| GA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Amendment 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 searchable Web site accessible by the public. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb1013.pdf...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School District Transparency Act
S.B. 1633
Creates the school district transparency act; requires school district expenditure information be made available on state department of education website. Requires the Department to make the data available on its website within 120 days of transmission of the ...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Temporary 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 professional development program for certified and licensed teachers and administrators of the district. If a school district...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Approval 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 for auditors, including experience in auditing public entities and completion of a minimum of 8 clock hours of continui...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Statewide 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 system for all public schools, for the purchase of goods, supplies and services, including:
(1) General school sup...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 electronically searchable by the public at no cost; provides for cross-linked expenditures associated with contracts or subcontrac...
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| TX | Adopted 05/2010 | P-12 | Commissioner'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 data from fiscal year 2008-09, including a new worksheet and calculations. Also incorporates open-enrollment charter school...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Finance
H.B. 2386
Relates to school district override elections; amends a notification date; relates to a special program for children with disabilities in preschool programs; relates to budget balance carryforwards; limits special budget overrides that were previously approved...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Finance
H.B. 682
Amends the School Bond Guaranty Act; provides that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make reports of school district solvency; authorizes the Treasurer to establish procedures for providing notice where a debt service payment may be delinquent and...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | School-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, behavioral and mental health, preventative health and oral health. A service provided through a school-based center woul...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Requires 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 related to the state student record system as provided in Section 3-160 to forfeit its state aid for the time of noncomplianc...
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Act 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 agencies to provide comprehensive social services and educational support. Requires boards to provide alternative methods...
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Public School Financial Transparency Act
H.B. 1036
Enacts the Public School Financial Transparency Act, which requires school districts, district charter schools, boards of cooperative education, the state charter school institute, and institute charter schools to post financial information on-line, in a downl...
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| IA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Standards 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 issued by the Board of Educational Examiners for employment as school business officials responsible for the financial opera...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | School 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 requirements of the Public School Code and rules promulgated in accordance with that code pertaining to individual class loa...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | School/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 finance subcommittee shall: (1) make recommendations to the local school board in the following areas: (a) financial planning...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Public 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 proposed budget on the district's Web site 10 days prior to a public hearing on the proposed budget. http://le.utah.gov/~20...
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| IA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | School 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 balance upon a school district's request for supplemental aid due to an unusual financial circumstance; requires that a ...
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Access 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 its schools and instructional programs have adequate access to basic instructional supplies. Requires the state departme...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Federal 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 state's 2010 federal tax credit bond volume cap for qualified school construction bonds (QSCB). Authorizes charter schools...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | CTE Facilities
S.B. 1380
From bill summary: Requires school facilities constructed or modernized with specified bond funds set aside for career technical education purposes to be used for career technical education purposes for a minimum of 5 years. Requires the governing board of an ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Performance 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 that such audits be conducted in accordance with the Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of t...
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| FL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | District Facilities
HB 7037 - Secs. 11-20
Repeals the SMART Schools Clearinghouse. Directs the Office of Educational Facilities (rather than the SMART Schools Clearinghouse) to monitor district facilities work programs. Establishes priority criteria for awarding of School Infrastructure Thrift (SIT) A...
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| GA | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Educational 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, renovations, and modifications to all existing educational facilities, reimbursement of state funds for approved funde...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Early 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 local matching funds in an amount equal to 10% of the grant (rather than the amount of the grant). Provides that the Capi...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Eligibility 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 district or cooperative high school if certain conditions are satisfied within the current or prior 2 fiscal years. Requ...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School 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 facilities designed to convert wind or solar power to energy. Identifies elements that must be addressed in the intergov...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Options 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. Provides that acquisition of additional land as part of any school renovation project shall not be required unless such addi...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | School 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 board (SFB) to require a school district to sell land that was previously purchased entirely with monies provided by th...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Eligibility 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, 2015. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb905.pdf...
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| IL | Adopted 05/2010 | P-12 | Temporary 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 circumstances that school districts have encountered over the last several years. Under this program, a school district may re...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Facilities 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, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to school districts. Stipulates that a school district's routine preventative maintenance ...
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | School-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 report to the director of finance and the legislature the total amount of funds in the school-level minor repair and main...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Efficient 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 new sections to support and encourage the construction and renovation of school buildings using efficient design concep...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Leasing 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 building. Provides the lease must be for 1 year but may be extended from year to year for a minimum of 50 years. http:/...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Eligibility 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 other agencies deemed eligible pursuant to state and federal law, in any application for federal aid to education, in any al...
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| GA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Georgia 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 members with 3 gubernatorial appointees, one appointee of the lieutenant governor, and one appointee of the speaker of the...
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| GA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Amendments 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), any regional education service agency and local boards of education. Existing provisions require information on financials...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Support 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 and Secondary Education to submit a competitive application for the Race to the Top Round Two....
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| RI | SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2010 | P-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 Elementary and Secondary Education to submit a competitive application for the Race to the Top Round Two. ...
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Race 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 implementing the federal Race to the Top program, (1) authorizes the state superintendent and president of the state bo...
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Legislative 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/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sbx5_1_bill_20100107_chaptered.pdf
Specifies that these provisions become operative only if Sen...
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | State 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 America COMPETES Act and as required by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and (2) to ensure t...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Use 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 bilingual funds be used for instructional costs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1170.pdf...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Defining and Lengthening School Year
H.B. 2486
Defines "student instructional hours" as time during which students are engaged in learning activities, including regularly-scheduled instruction and learning assessments within the curriculum, and excludes lunch, recess or passing time. Directs the department...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Grants 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 grants for preschool educational program and that the funds must be distributed for the benefit of certain children. http://w...
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Finance
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 and the 75% funding and fund placement requirements for teacher salaries will be suspended if the school funding formula ...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Calculating 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 the pupil is assigned when calculating State Aid, regardless of whether the receiving district provides education to the s...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Education 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 years. The formula, which takes effect for the 2012 fiscal year, provides a core amount for each student statewide, additio...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Finance Formula
S.B. 1284
Bill makes multiple technical changes to the state's school funding formula along with the following major revisions:
(1) Clarifies calculations for adjusting the Base Level relating to Optional 200-day, Career Ladder, Optional Performance Incentive Program an...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Waivers 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 costs, staff and professional development costs, and additional days of instruction. Temporarily provides for system averag...
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| IL | Adopted 05/2010 | P-12 | Temporary 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 circumstances that school districts have encountered over the last several years. Under this program, a school district may re...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | School 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 number of days that a student is enrolled in a district during the year rather than on a single count date.
http://www.leg.s...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Alternative 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 used to compare the effects of alternative school funding models with those of the actual school funding method.
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-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 included in the calculation of state aid, as well as district responsibilities for students participating in open enrollment...
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| CA | Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2010 | P-12 | Reducing 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 (Assembly Bill 2 of the 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session (ABX4 2), Chapter 2, Statutes 2009). Legislation, which is applicab...
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| RI | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Community 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 Department of Education (RIDE)'s education funding formula, explaining its components, and providing details about its metho...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Programs 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 minority students program [both created in 53A-17a-121]; (3) the gifted and talented program; (4) the advanced placement progra...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Finance
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 phase-in of implementation of a new formula for pupil transportation; adopts an implementation schedule for phasing-in en...
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Finance
S.B. 25
Repeals provisions related to tuition for students transferring from a resident district that does not receive state aid to education; repeals provisions related to state aid to education for students transferring to a nonresident school district that does not...
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | School 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/2010/Bills/HB1108ENR.pdf...
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| UT | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 funding formula, monies must be allocated among charter schools in proportion to each charter school's share of the total...
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| KY | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Recording 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), "tardy" (student absent less than 35% of the regularly-scheduled school day), "half-day absence" (student absent 35-84% of r...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Georgia 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 purposes) to solicit and accept money and in-kind contributions of services and property to support educational excellence...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2010 | Postsec. | Lottery Scholarships
S.B. 2899
As enacted, redefines "eligible independent postsecondary institution" to include institutions that are members of an accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. department of education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation; designates Knoxvi...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Lottery-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 competitive grants and technical assistance for after-school education programs to the chairs of the Senate Education Comm...
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2010 | Postsec.
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 entrepreneurial researchers, innovative partnership zones and research teams, early childhood education, opportunity gra...
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | 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. Gifts to the university, other than gifts of real property, would be considered property of the university foundation, upon...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | Postsec. | 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 during any one-year period of any gift(s) totaling a certain amount from a foreign person (including a foreign government or ...
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2010 | Postsec. | 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 institution and a portion of those energy savings must be used for other energy conservation measures. http://www.ncga.state....
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| RI | 07/2010 | P-12 | Cooperative 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 lead to cost savings. Defines "collaborative," "educational collaborative" "regional collaborative" as 501(c)(3) nonprof...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Statewide 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 system for all public schools, for the purchase of goods, supplies and services, including:
(1) General school sup...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Report 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 and school districts to provide parents with a link ot the report cards via email or other communication methods upon ce...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Interdistrict Cooperative Programs
H.B. 2913
Authorizes creation of innovative interdistrict cooperative high school programs designed to provide interdisciplinary curriculum and instruction organized into subject-focused themes through alternative, online, work-based, experiential and field-based learni...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2010 | P-12 | Deferring 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.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1624_bill_20101008_chaptered.pdf...
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| MI | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Online 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 operate an alternative education program with a seat-time waiver to provide a report to the legislature and the state budge...
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| TX | Adopted 06/2010 | P-12 | Adult 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 funding formula be allocated based on need for persons beyond the age of compulsory attendance who have not received a high s...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Waivers 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 costs, staff and professional development costs, and additional days of instruction. Temporarily provides for system averag...
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Restoring 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 agreement or agreements to restore instructional days are negotiated pursuant to the collective bargaining process. http://...
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| VT | Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2010 | P-12 | Implementing 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 the following: In order to achieve a two-percent reduction in education spending statewide, directs the commissioner of ...
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Bonds 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 excise tax revenue. Details about this borrowing program must be provided to the chairs of the house education appropriation...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Waiver 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 the House Ways and Means Committee to study the appropriate calculation of the penalty for failing to meet the MOE requ...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Plans 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 for budget cuts to the State Department of Education; authorizes the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regula...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | School 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 that a district that receives a loan shall pledge to repayment any part of the homestead exemption annual tax loss reimb...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | School 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 requirements of the Public School Code and rules promulgated in accordance with that code pertaining to individual class loa...
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Distinction 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. 1, eTech Ohio must use up to $1 million in FY 2010 to maintain the clearinghouse of distance learning courses called f...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 could be waived to remove funding pressures on public schools temporarily.
Sections 2-4: Eliminates the requirement to...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Programs 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 minority students program [both created in 53A-17a-121]; (3) the gifted and talented program; (4) the advanced placement progra...
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| IA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Delay 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 Legislative Session to the 2011 Legislative Session for the state school foundation program.
http://coolice.legis.state.i...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Private 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 school whose district boundaries the student's parent resides within or from which the student withdrew. Provides a private...
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| GA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Amendment 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 searchable Web site accessible by the public. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb1013.pdf...
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| RI | SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2010 | P-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 Elementary and Secondary Education to submit a competitive application for the Race to the Top Round Two. ...
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Bonds 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 excise tax revenue. Details about this borrowing program must be provided to the chairs of the house education appropriation...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Finance
H.B. 2386
Relates to school district override elections; amends a notification date; relates to a special program for children with disabilities in preschool programs; relates to budget balance carryforwards; limits special budget overrides that were previously approved...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Property 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 boards to use revenue collected from capital property tax levies for general fund purposes for fiscal years 2010-11 and 201...
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| NE | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Potential 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 relating to carbon sequestration rights. http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB235.pdf...
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| IA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | School 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 balance upon a school district's request for supplemental aid due to an unusual financial circumstance; requires that a ...
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| HI | Became law without governor's signature 07/2010 | P-12 | Department 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 jurisdiction of the department, including rules for the assessment of parking fees. Requires such fees to be deposited into the ...
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Funds 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. Directs the department of public safety to use the money in the fund to fund the rental, lease or purchase of the simul...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Autism Awareness Funds
H.B. 327
Creates an Autism Awareness support special group license plate for programs that create or support autism awareness programs. Requires applicants for a new plate to make a $25 annual donation to the Autism Awareness Restricted Account. Creates the Autism Awar...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Idaho 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 Instruction and the State Department of Education with regard to the Idaho Education Network; to remove language providing for go...
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| IA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Review 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 if the current model is applicable to the challenges and requirements of 21st century learning. Sets the membership para...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Education Service Districts
S.B. 987A
Removes sunset on pilot education service districts; allows existing pilot education service districts to organize as shared governance education service districts; establishes process by which education service district may organize to be shared governance ed...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Innovation 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 school performance and student achievement through increased autonomy and flexibility. An Innovation School may be establ...
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| FL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Repeals 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 schools earning an "A" grade in the state accountability system to receive deregulated status upon the school's request....
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School 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 education; to provide procedures regarding request for and approval of such waivers, including schools within the Recovery Scho...
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| NY | Vetoed 08/2010 | Postsec. | 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 SUNY trustees who are gubernatorial appointees from being employees of the governor. Prohibits specified CUNY trustees w...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | School 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 order of the school board signed by the president and clerk or secretary or by a majority of the board). Makes changes to...
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| TX | Adopted 06/2010 | P-12 | Code 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 procedures and requirements for a code of ethics policy relating to the Texas Permanent School Fund. The amendment clarifie...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Local 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. Allows employees of private K-12 schools to serve on local school boards.
Defines "immediate family member" as spouse, chil...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Financial 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 education member to file a financial disclosure at the time of filing a declaration of candidacy, and at least annually...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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. Removes a statutory enrollment cap on charter schools. Allows the state board to approve an increase in charter school enrollm...
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| Governance--Mandates |
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Report 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 report summarizing all types of waivers of mandates and modifications of mandates granted by the state board or the genera...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Unfunded 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 state board of education. Provides that if the amount appropriated to fund a new mandate does not fully fund the mandat...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Instructional 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 by students in any subject or course. Directs the state board to create the Instructional Mandates Task Force. Establishe...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Commission 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 of education or designee; and a union representative who represents teachers, to be appointed by the senate president. D...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 could be waived to remove funding pressures on public schools temporarily.
Sections 2-4: Eliminates the requirement to...
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| HI | Approved by voters 11/2010 | P-12 | Appointed 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, appoint the members of the board of education (Hawaii is currently a single-district state, meaning that the district boar...
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| LA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Local 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 disciplining employees. In particular, the fill focuses on role of board members with respect to local school superinten...
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| HI | Vetoed 07/2010 | P-12 | Appointed 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 pools of qualified candidates presented to the governor by the board of education selection advisory council. Establishes ...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | School 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 order of the school board signed by the president and clerk or secretary or by a majority of the board). Makes changes to...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Prohibition 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 elective office. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/HTML/H593v6.html...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | School 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/2010PA-00174-R00HB-05424-PA.pdf...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Boards 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 board of education to provide school transportation that results in a savings in fiscal year 2011. The grant is in addi...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Local 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 he/she was elected. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb980.pdf...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Local 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. Allows employees of private K-12 schools to serve on local school boards.
Defines "immediate family member" as spouse, chil...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Updating 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/SB3255.pdf...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Local 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 the requirement that local boards of education summit new 5-year comprehensive master plans from October 15, 2010, until ...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Council Per Diems Eliminated
L.B. 937
Eliminates per diem payments for learning community coordinating council members.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB937.pdf...
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| OR | Vetoed 04/2010 | P-12 | Governance
S.B. 1014A
Clarifies that state board or commission may meet through telephone or other electronic means; provides that members who attend a meeting through telephone or other electronic means are not entitled to compensation or reimbursement for expenses; provides that ...
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Determination 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 changes to boundaries, to allow the county clerk to maintain a roster of voters who are eligible to vote in school boar...
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| NE | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Learning Community Coordinating Councils
L.B. 1070
Allows expenses for non-voting members of learning community coordinating councils, modifies the levy authority for learning communities, changes learning community reporting provisions, and eases the restrictions on terminating an elementary learning center e...
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| DE | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | School 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 given to it and makes voting twice in a school election a crime; clarifies the content of the notice to be posted by scho...
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| DE | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Training 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.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+386/$file/legis.html?open...
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Training 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, accountability and fiduciary responsibilities of a school board member. Requires first-term school board members elected afte...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School 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 of service on the board in order to receive the designation of "Distinguished School Board Member." The training will be...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School 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.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law10/law10299.htm...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Local 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. Allows employees of private K-12 schools to serve on local school boards.
Defines "immediate family member" as spouse, chil...
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| WV | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | School-level Collaborative Teams
S.B. 2006
Encourages teacher collaboration through the establishment of alternative school-level decision-making bodies; creates a process for schools to apply to the state board to create collaborative teams or augment existing collaborative teams by replacing the 3 ex...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | School 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 low achieving school (due to such school failing to make adequate yearly progress in mathematics and reading at the whole ...
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| KY | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Interventions 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 chosen by a school council, a superintendent and a local board, or the commissioner of education or designee with state boa...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Innovation 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 school performance and student achievement through increased autonomy and flexibility. An Innovation School may be establ...
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| HI | Approved by voters 11/2010 | P-12 | Appointed 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, appoint the members of the board of education (Hawaii is currently a single-district state, meaning that the district boar...
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| AL | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | State 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 furlough plan must be applicable to the entire agency affected and must be voluntary at the sole discretion of the empl...
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| LA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Broadcast 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 archived, which must be made publicly available.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722516...
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| TX | Adopted 08/2010 | P-12 | Administration 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, and 250.40-250.49, and new s.250.3 and s.250.20, concerning provisions for administration. The sections provide for rule...
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| HI | Vetoed 07/2010 | P-12 | Appointed 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 pools of qualified candidates presented to the governor by the board of education selection advisory council. Establishes ...
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| HI | Vetoed 07/2010 | P-12 | Salaries 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 $30,000 before the 2nd annual performance evaluation, no more than $70,000 before the 3rd annual performance evaluation, a...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-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 services to Illinois' African Americans by increasing the number of African American state employees total and the number se...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Teacher 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 report. Authorizes the board to delegate to its executive director, or other designee, any of its powers and duties as it...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 programs from Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to Louisiana Board of Supervisors for Community and Tec...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | State 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 Elementary and Secondary Education; to provide that the state board may establish additional qualifications; to provide limitat...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 of trustees of the University of Tennessee system to be video-streamed over the Internet. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | State 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; Requires that at least 2 members of the state board have industrial, trade or technical school experience; Requires that on...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Georgia 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 purposes) to solicit and accept money and in-kind contributions of services and property to support educational excellence...
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| IL | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Educational Service Centers
H.B. 16
Permits educational service centers to provide training in the area of financial planning. Eliminates the Suburban Cook County Regional Office of Education and, according to press release from governor's office, transfers its responsibilities to three intermed...
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| HI | Became law without governor's signature 04/2010 | P-12 | Early 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 requirements for teleconference meetings. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/Bills/SB2121_.HTM...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Student 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 state board's budget, and specified appeals to the state board. http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/bills/sb/sb0536e.pdf...
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| AL | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 education or chancellor on the Internet. Requires vacancy notice for chancellor's position to be additionally posted at each...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Financial 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 education member to file a financial disclosure at the time of filing a declaration of candidacy, and at least annually...
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| IL | Signed into law 12/2010 | P-12 | Care 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 that a parent submit such a plan to a school for any student with diabetes who seeks assistance with diabetes care in the...
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| IL | Adopted 12/2010 | P-12 | Recess 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 age-appropriate student, and making recommendations
for overcoming those obstacles. Directs the task force to submit a ...
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| IL | Adopted 11/2010 | P-12 | Influenza Mass Vaccinations
H.R. 1165
States the House of Representatives' support for school-based influenza mass vaccination collaborations among local health departments and elementary and secondary schools in their jurisdictions for the purpose of vaccinating school-age children against influe...
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | Use 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 its written policy on allergy medication to include both asthma inhaler and epi-pen usage. Must comply with federal requl...
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | Local 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 colaborate with advisory health councils to develope guidelines for managing life-threatening food allergies in schools.
http://w...
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| ME | Issued 10/2010 | P-12 | School-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 for Disease Control and Prevention, the department of education, and the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Emergency...
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| NY | Vetoed 10/2010 | P-12 | Outdoor 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 playspace in New York city public schools. Requires that the report identify: --Each outdoor playground at an educational ...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Integrated Pest Management
S.B. 1157
From bill summary: Beginning January 1, 2014, requires all schoolsites to adopt an integrated pest management program as established, administered, and enforced by the department of pesticide regulation. Also requires, beginning January 1, 2012, that the rate ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-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 contagious or communicable disease or other disabling disease or defect
(2) Conduct tuberculosis exams for individuals in...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Student Immunizations
A.B. 1937
Permits specified health care professionals acting under the direction of a supervising physician and surgeon to administer immunizations to students through a school immunization program (existing law already allows physicians, surgeons and registered nurses ...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Students with Asthma
H.B. 5836
Clarifies provisions related to student self-administration of asthma medication or student use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Provides that for a school to permit a student with asthma to use an epinephrine auto-injector, written authorization must come fro...
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Child 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 resuscitation and first aid.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A7923&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y...
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Notifications 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 school. Also requires the principal to include information on proper procedures to prevent further infestations at the schoo...
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Physical 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 and charter schools to increase physical activity in schools. Establishes goal that children engage in physical activity f...
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Health 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 parents, students, food service providers, and community organizations to adopt local wellness policies and update them at l...
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Healthy 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 concerning youth and schools in the District. Includes among the functions of the commission: (1) reviewing and advising on the ...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Nutrition 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 results of any wellness-related fitness testing done by school districts, as well as information on successful programs and p...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Prescribed 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 carry and self-administer a prescribed pancreatic enzyme supplement while in school, participating in school-sponsored activ...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Teen 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 in grades 7-12; requires district school boards to adopt and implement dating violence and abuse policy; requires the s...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Student 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 wellness
(2) Make periodic policy recommendations to the state board of education on ways to improve the nutritional sta...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Physical Education
S.B. 1876
Requires that the physical education curriculum be sequential, developmentally appropriate, and designed, implemented, and evaluated to enable students to develop the motor and self-management skills and knowledge necessary to participate in physical activity ...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Lyme 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 and prevention resources available for all public school students in the state. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School 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, youth athletes, and their parents on the nature and risk of concussion and head injury. Requires that the youth athlete an...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Guidelines 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 players in youth sports about the risks associated with concussions.
http://dirac.rilin.state.ri.us/BillStatus/WebClas...
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Dental 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, and treatment referral in the public schools for children in kindergarten, 3rd, 7th, and 10th grades or upon entry into...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Student Health
H.B. 2080
Expands the types of health professionals who may certify a pupil has a chronic health problem. Adds physician assistants, nurse practitioners, podiatrists and chiropractors. Prohibits school personnel from authorizing absences for or recommending, prescribing...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Student 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 with concussions; Directs the state board of education, in consultation with the governing authority for intramural and...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Diabetes 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 student has diabetes, that the school does not have a full-time school nurse, or that the school does not have trained diabet...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Diabetes 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. Directs the committee, among other duties, to provide grants to middle schools and high schools to promoted diabetes pre...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Healthy 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 for students to be physically active and make healthy food choices throughout the day. The program seeks to integrate phy...
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Air 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.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/HB1265.html...
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Prohibition 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.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S04983&Summary=Y&Text=Y...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Guidelines 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, and parents of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury; provides that a youth athlete who is suspected of su...
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Instruction in Resuscitation
A.B. 725
Requires offering of approved instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to pupils enrolled in high school grades in the school district, charter school, or private school (Act...
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Health-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 because of a threat to the health or safety of pupils or school personnel, and within 24 hours of reopening a closed schoo...
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| CA | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Healthy 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 best maintenance practices, developing and implementing
self-assessments and indoor environmental quality management pl...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Health Screenings
L.B. 713
Requires the department to determine which screenings should be performed and establishes a method for gathering student health data for schools. Allows an exemption from health inspections if a student provides written documentation from a doctor stating that...
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| NH | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | School 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 the Tools for Schools program in public schools.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/HB1289.html...
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Influenza 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 educational materials on influenza and immunizations therefor. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00775&Summar...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2010 | Postsec. | 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 the institution.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/HB/HB2748_ENR.RTF...
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| OR | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Vision Screening
H.B. 3626A
Directs Department of Education to establish pilot program for purpose of providing comprehensive vision screenings to students; sunsets June 30, 2011; declares emergency, effective on passage. Chapter 88
http://www.leg.state.or.us/10ss1/measpdf/hb3600.dir/hb3...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Automated 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 receive grants and donations to help off-set the cost of AEDs. Classifies misuse or abuse of an AED on school property as dis...
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| TN | Signed by Governor 04/2010 | P-12 | Annual 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 department of education explaining the risks of community associated methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infecti...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Comprehensive 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 practices provided by local school districts. Authorizes the Department to determine the time, location and frequency with whi...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Healthier Schools Initiative
H.B. 1078
Requires the State Department of Education to provide financial incentives to schools receiving recognition through the Healthier Schools Initiative. Requires local school districts to include relevant information on web sites and to provide technical assistan...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Electronic 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 distribution of an electronic cigarette on school property or during school-sponsored activities. http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Free 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 children aged 3 1/2 to 7. Authorizes districts to provide free vision screening for children ages 8 and older, establish...
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 administration of a nonprescription drug product; relates to such drugs that are supplied by the pupil's parent or guardi...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Vaccination 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 public or private school in the Commonwealth or who are home instructed but subject to vaccination requirements, upon the ...
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| WI | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Human 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 pupils in their districts are provided ageappropriate instruction in human growth and development. The Act provides that the ...
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-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 school, college, university, or technical or trade school. Specifies that an outdoor physical fitness facility must have a...
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2010 | Postsec.
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/2010/Bills/A1500/1145_I1.PDF...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Reporting 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 the county department of suspected child abuse or neglect; authorizes a county department to provide this information o...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Children'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 establishes, within existing resources, a Children's Trust Fund Council with the department of social services to solicit and ac...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Pediatric 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 this segment should also suggest methods of calming crying infants, techniques for caregivers to use to calm themselves...
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Implements 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 coordinated services district system by June 1, 2010. The system shall coordinate and implement service delivery initiatives to i...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Teacher Preparation - Mental Health Issues
H.B. 2004
Requires that mental illness symptoms identification and mental health issues be incorporated into teacher preparation systems.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/HB/HB2004_ENR.RTF...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Training 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, including the root causes and prevention, during the 2010 legislative interim. Public Law 29
http://www.in.gov/legislat...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Free, 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, unless the governing board of a school district adopts a resolution stating that it is unable to comply with this require...
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Healthy 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 breakfasts in charter schools; (3) eliminate the reduced-price copayment; (4) provide resources to implement the breakfast-in...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Nutrition 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 results of any wellness-related fitness testing done by school districts, as well as information on successful programs and p...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Florida 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 the National School Lunch Program. Also requires the department of education to work with the department of agriculture a...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Student 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 wellness
(2) Make periodic policy recommendations to the state board of education on ways to improve the nutritional sta...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Healthy 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 for students to be physically active and make healthy food choices throughout the day. The program seeks to integrate phy...
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 include to connect schools with nearby farms to provide children with locally produced fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy ...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Farm-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 program policies.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/B61242203E488371872576AA00699224?open&...
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| VT | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | 3SquaresVT
H.B. 408
Proposes to maximize eligibility and simplify the enrollment process in 3SquaresVT by implementing federal options in the supplemental nutrition assistance program; Requires schools in districts receiving 21st Century Community Learning Center grant funds to p...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Comprehensive 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 practices provided by local school districts. Authorizes the Department to determine the time, location and frequency with whi...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Healthier Schools Initiative
H.B. 1078
Requires the State Department of Education to provide financial incentives to schools receiving recognition through the Healthier Schools Initiative. Requires local school districts to include relevant information on web sites and to provide technical assistan...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Nutritional Guidelines
S.B. 414
Requires the Board of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Health, to promulgate and periodically update regulations setting nutritional guidelines for all competitive foods sold or served to students during regular school hours; requires the Board...
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| ME | Issued 10/2010 | P-12 | School-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 for Disease Control and Prevention, the department of education, and the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Emergency...
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Health 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 parents, students, food service providers, and community organizations to adopt local wellness policies and update them at l...
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Health
H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions
This bill: (1) exempts unqualified school district employees refusing to administer medication or medical services from disciplinary action for the refusal; (2) exempts qualified school district employee from any civil liability for administering medication or...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | School-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, behavioral and mental health, preventative health and oral health. A service provided through a school-based center woul...
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 administration of a nonprescription drug product; relates to such drugs that are supplied by the pupil's parent or guardi...
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| PA | Adopted 10/2010 | P-12 | Suicide Prevention Education
H.R. 980
A Resolution promoting youth suicide prevention education for all administrative, teaching and counseling personnel in all public and private high schools in Pennsylvania.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2009&...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Suicide 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 Suicide Prevention, to all instructional and administrative personnel as part of the school district professional developmen...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Suicide 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 suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and be taught intervention techniques. Adds participating in or presenting a...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Suicide 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 of self-study review of suicide prevention materials. Provides that if a local board offers suicide prevention training,...
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Suicide 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 1, 2010; requires every public middle and high school administrator to disseminate suicide prevention awareness informat...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Work-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 learning programs, and to purchase liability insurance for pupils enrolled in
programs of study involving work-based learn...
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| FL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Repeals 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 Program to reward secondary schools that demonstrate continuous student academic improvement and show the greatest stud...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Flexibility 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 pertaining to personnel. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1201v3.pdf...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Academic 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 Tuesday in April each year as "Academic Scholarship Signing Day." The "Academic Scholarship Signing Day" will recognize...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | High 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 its Internet website. Districts must send a written notice to the parent or other legal guardian of high school students...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Early 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 are allowed to accelerate their academic progress, complete all high school graduation requirements established by the bo...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Grand 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 standards prescribed by an interstate compact on board examination systems and who has passing grades on a set of requir...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Research-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 education and a technical school or college or (2) a small learning community where a student receives academic instructio...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | High 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 for the assessment of PSAT or PLAN; Provides that the selection of the test for each student should be informed by the stu...
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Diplomas for Vietnam Veterans
H.B. 74
Extends eligibility for high school diplomas to honorably discharged Vietnam veterans....
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | High 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; (2) criteria for awarding diplomas and endorsements; (3) differences in courses for college-bound and career pathways; (...
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Act 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 agencies to provide comprehensive social services and educational support. Requires boards to provide alternative methods...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | GED 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. Requires those students enrolled in certain subject area courses to take the end-of-course subject area tests for those cours...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 semester credit hours to entering freshman students who have successfully completed the International Baccalaureate diplom...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Waiver 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 the request of a local school board. Such waivers may only be granted for good cause and shall be considered on a case-b...
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| NH | Rule Adoption 02/2010 | P-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 graduation from an adult high school to 20. Clarifies the awarding of credit through correspondence courses and completion...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Sequential 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 Academic and Career Plan and described in Board of Education regulations.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Economics 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-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+HB196ER+pdf...
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| KY | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Recording 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), "tardy" (student absent less than 35% of the regularly-scheduled school day), "half-day absence" (student absent 35-84% of r...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 graduation of students leaving a charter school and seeking to enroll in a district school. In drafting the model polic...
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| TX | Adopted 08/2010 | P-12 | Online 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 courses and the Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN).
Section 74.29: Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program: Clarifi...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 initial report, recommendations and timeline on the "Bachelors Degree in Three" program. Delays start of pilot "Bachelor...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 education program from rules adopted by the state board of education prior to 11/24/09.
Changes the office of the county sc...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Advanced 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 to develop guidelines to aid local/regional boards in training teachers for teaching advanced placement courses to a dive...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | International 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 individuals or from private corporations, associations or other artificial entities, both nonprofit and for profit, who...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | Postsec.
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 beginning with the 2012-13 academic year; provides exceptions.
[OF NOTE: Creates a comprehensive approach to improvin...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 receive a satisfactory score on an advanced placement examination; requires the state department of education to develop a...
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Distinction 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. 1, eTech Ohio must use up to $1 million in FY 2010 to maintain the clearinghouse of distance learning courses called f...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Programs 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 minority students program [both created in 53A-17a-121]; (3) the gifted and talented program; (4) the advanced placement progra...
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| KY | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Interventions 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 chosen by a school council, a superintendent and a local board, or the commissioner of education or designee with state boa...
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | Community 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 system of student assessment to be used as one of multiple measures for community college placement and advisement. Pro...
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| NC | Issued 09/2010 | P-12 | Governor'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 direction of all aspects of the Race to the Top (RttT) to support the implementation of the Career and College - Ready, Se...
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| AK | Adopted 08/2010 | P-12 | Work 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 assessments. Provides that in each school year that the state obtains the license to allow districts to administer the Work...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-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 Program for an additional 3 years and to include an additional 7 sites (or as
many as are allowed by available funding), as ev...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Grand 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 standards prescribed by an interstate compact on board examination systems and who has passing grades on a set of requir...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 education program from rules adopted by the state board of education prior to 11/24/09.
Changes the office of the county sc...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 arts education into the standards, assessments, and postsecondary and workforce readiness program that the state board of...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 recognized as (1) meeting postsecondary entrance test requirements and (2) qualifying students to enroll in credit-bearing posts...
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | Section 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 report to the legislative Education Committees. Minimum requirements include dropout and graduation rates for specific clas...
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2010 | P-12 | Determining 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 three years. New provision provides that, until data become available to enable the calculation of this graduation rate,...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Improving 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-year cohort graduation rate by local school administrative units.
(2) Establish as a short-term goal that local school ad...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | On-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. Such program must allow those students who are identified by certified personnel as in danger of failing to graduate to c...
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Establishes 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. The State Board of Education is required to provisionally adopt major substantive rules specifying the methodology to ...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | High 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 of students who enter grade nine for the first time at the same time, plus those students who transfer into the group in ...
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Counting Dropouts
H.B. 3148
From the fiscal note: Requires local education agencies (LEAs) to document student withdrawals and transfers to another school, system, or state through the best possible means and where possible, a permanent record detailing the transfer be kept. Prohibits th...
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-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 admits into a single report and changes the due date from November 1 to March 1. Changes the due date from May 1 to July 1...
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| TX | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Other 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. Adds new math courses, including career and technical education (CTE) courses, to the list of courses that count for hig...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 initial report, recommendations and timeline on the "Bachelors Degree in Three" program. Delays start of pilot "Bachelor...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 recognized as (1) meeting postsecondary entrance test requirements and (2) qualifying students to enroll in credit-bearing posts...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2010 | Community College
Postsec. | Dual Enrollment
H.B. 2040
Changes various community college reporting requirements relating to dual enrollment programs. Changes the dual enrollment reporting requirements from being submitted annually to only in odd-numbered calendar years. Removes the following community college annu...
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| WV | Adopted 04/2010 | P-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 courses for qualified students in high schools to assure uniform application of standards of academic integrity relating...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | High 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. Authorizes dual enrollment and dual credit for students pursuing a career track. Provides certain conditions for students to e...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 of Indian education high school; provides for payment of textbooks and supplies.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regul...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Programs 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 minority students program [both created in 53A-17a-121]; (3) the gifted and talented program; (4) the advanced placement progra...
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| GA | Adopted 01/2010 | P-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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| GA | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Alternative/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 program" as a program operating in affiliation with a school; a program does not report full-time equivalent (FTE) or re...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Flexibility 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 pertaining to personnel. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1201v3.pdf...
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| GA | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Waivers 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/doe/legalservices/160-1-3-.09.pdf...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Exams 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-of-course examination questions reflect content and method of instruction used for related courses.
http://www.legis.stat...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Increases 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 languages, beginning with the class of 2018. Students in the Class of 2018 will also be expected to complete "end of the schoo...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | CTE 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 granting a student a variance from one or more portions of the high school graduation test. Provides that before granting a va...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | End-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 not be limited to, district level instructional and assessment personnel to examine the feasibility of shifting from the...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Redefines 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 entering grade 9 in the 2010-2011 school year, in addition to the Algebra I credit requirement, one of the 4 credits in m...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Statewide 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 math and science FCAT for the 2011-2012 school year; Requires all students currently enrolled in Algebra l (or equivalent) ...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 could be waived to remove funding pressures on public schools temporarily.
Sections 2-4: Eliminates the requirement to...
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| NY | Adopted 01/2010 | P-12 | Regents 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 disabilities who first enter grade 9 prior to September 2011 and who fail one or more of the required Regents exams to ...
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | 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 GED, with the voucher valid at any eligible postsecondary institution in the state for 24 months from the date of issuance...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | GED 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. Requires those students enrolled in certain subject area courses to take the end-of-course subject area tests for those cours...
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| DE | Adopted 11/2010 | P-12 | Foreign 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 requirement (which is eff. Class of 2015) by either (1) earning at least two credits in the same world language or (2) demo...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | CTE 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 alternative to the requirement that a pupil complete a course in visual or performing arts or foreign language. Require...
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| GA | Adopted 08/2010 | P-12 | Courses 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 elective credit). Permits, among other changes, the remedial Mathematics Support I and II courses to be taken as a core/el...
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| LA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | High 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 Enterprise instruction in the required Civics course. Delete Free Enterprise from course requirements relative to the career maj...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Consumer 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. Students who demonstrated proficiency on the test were excused from the receiving instruction in consumer education as a prer...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Eliminates 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 statewide requirement last year but was scheduled to be reinstated beginning with the 2011-12 school year); Provides that loca...
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| TX | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Other 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. Adds new math courses, including career and technical education (CTE) courses, to the list of courses that count for hig...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Exams 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-of-course examination questions reflect content and method of instruction used for related courses.
http://www.legis.stat...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Foreign 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 proficiency test. Requires the state board to establish a test for each foreign language that is taught in Tennessee public...
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| TX | Adopted 06/2010 | P-12 | High 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 provides that courses offered for dual credit in the core curriculum of an institution of higher education that cover al...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Increases 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 languages, beginning with the class of 2018. Students in the Class of 2018 will also be expected to complete "end of the schoo...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Board 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 education to permit students in grades 9-12, inclusive, to substitute achievement of a passing score on a series of examinati...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Grants 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 implementation of the new high school graduation requirements (see section 16 of this bill). http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/A...
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Educational 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 revise the plan as appropriate before entering high school; requires the EDP to also be based on high school readiness s...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Accelerated 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 Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), Advanced International Certificate of Education, dual enrollment cour...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Redefines 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 entering grade 9 in the 2010-2011 school year, in addition to the Algebra I credit requirement, one of the 4 credits in m...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-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 curriculum. Directs the State Department of Education to accept and approve applications to the program. Participating ...
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| NY | Adopted 04/2010 | P-12 | Make-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://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2010/jan27/pdfs/rules.pdf...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Gifted
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 before entering ninth grade, if that course meets the same standards that are required in high school, if the course is ta...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | High 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. Authorizes dual enrollment and dual credit for students pursuing a career track. Provides certain conditions for students to e...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Financial 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 for students beginning ninth grade in 2009-2010; reconciles multiple amendments to the same section of law, including indi...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | High 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 amendments to the same section of law. Spells out requirements for individual student next-step plans that set forth th...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Waiver 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 the request of a local school board. Such waivers may only be granted for good cause and shall be considered on a case-b...
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| MD | Adopted 02/2010 | P-12 | Updates 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://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/getfile.aspx?file=13a.03.02.04.htm ...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Sequential 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 Academic and Career Plan and described in Board of Education regulations.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful...
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Charter 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 graduation of students leaving a charter school and seeking to enroll in a district school. In drafting the model polic...
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Michigan 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 curriculum process. Previously, only the parent could initiate the process. Also allows modification of the math requirement afte...
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Mathematics 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 requirement by completing a formal career and technical education program, or a curriculum that has appropriate embedded mathemati...
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| NE | Rule Adoption 01/2010 | P-12 | Graduation 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 of rigor of the standards as specified in the state standards set forth in the appendices of this Chapter, including, b...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Uniform 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 scale for use in public schools. Outlines enforcement and exceptions and creates a task force to provide recommendations.
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| GA | Vetoed 06/2010 | P-12 | Compulsory 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 a public or private school within 15 days of such new residency (or by the start date of school if such new residency o...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-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 all public postsecondary educational institutions, all state departments, agencies, boards, and commissions, and all other...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Home-schooled Students and Interscholastic Athletics
H.B. 303
Allows home-schooled students to participate in high school interscholastic athletics. Provides definitions, eligibility requirements, and guidelines and conditions for participation.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722510...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Private 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 school whose district boundaries the student's parent resides within or from which the student withdrew. Provides a private...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Homebound 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 homebound instructional services to include that homebound instruction shall be made available to students based on a c...
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Act 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 agencies to provide comprehensive social services and educational support. Requires boards to provide alternative methods...
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| CO | Issued 03/2010 | P-12 | Governor'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 decision-making, alignment, and coordination among federally-funded and state-funded services and programs. The Early Chi...
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| International Baccalaureate |
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| TX | Adopted 08/2010 | P-12 | Online 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 courses and the Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN).
Section 74.29: Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program: Clarifi...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-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 education program from rules adopted by the state board of education prior to 11/24/09.
Changes the office of the county sc...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Accelerated 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 Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), Advanced International Certificate of Education, dual enrollment cour...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 semester credit hours to entering freshman students who have successfully completed the International Baccalaureate diplom...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | World-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 must all pursue excellence to achieve that goal.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SJR0798.pdf...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Inclusion 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 teaching practices and learning outcomes in other countries. Amends TCA Title 49 2009 TN HB 0376.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Superintendent 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 is if, in addition to the standing requirement of a master's degree in business administration, finance or accounting, ...
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| AL | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 education or chancellor on the Internet. Requires vacancy notice for chancellor's position to be additionally posted at each...
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| IA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Standards 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 issued by the Board of Educational Examiners for employment as school business officials responsible for the financial opera...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 professional development for principals and other public school leaders; provides for licensure preparation for aspiring principals...
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Alternative 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 education. Provides that any and all programs must be approved by the state board. Changes provisions concerning the alte...
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Performance 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 waiver or modification of a mandate requiring (i) student performance
data to be a significant factor in teacher or princi...
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| TN | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Tennessee 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 Director of the State Board of Education, the Chairs of the Education Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, a...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Qualifications 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.
Pages 23-36 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Superintendent 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 is if, in addition to the standing requirement of a master's degree in business administration, finance or accounting, ...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Superintendent 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 person who has successfully completed at least 3 years of experience as a certified administrator with a superintendent certi...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Local 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. Allows employees of private K-12 schools to serve on local school boards.
Defines "immediate family member" as spouse, chil...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Evaluation of District Superintendents
S.B. 178
Relates to evaluation of superintendents of schools. Distinguishes the evaluation requirements for the local superintendent from those for other school personnel (previous legislation applied to all certified school personnel, including superintendents). Requi...
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| AL | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-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 education or chancellor on the Internet. Requires vacancy notice for chancellor's position to be additionally posted at each...
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| HI | Vetoed 07/2010 | P-12 | Salaries 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 $30,000 before the 2nd annual performance evaluation, no more than $70,000 before the 3rd annual performance evaluation, a...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Performance 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% of the superintendent's total annual compensation and benefits as performance pay. Stipulates that the 20% figure is not...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Administrator 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 which a local board of education furloughs teachers, paraprofessionals, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians, supp...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Placement 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 leadership degree if the educator possessed (1) A master's level leadership degree prior to July 1, 2012; (2) An education spe...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Teacher 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 without negative impact to their experience credit; Provides that school districts may not pay district or school administrat...
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2010 | P-12 | Teacher 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's public schools (i.e., master teachers, mentors, induction support providers and fieldwork supervisors, instructional l...
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| AL | Adopted 12/2010 | P-12 | Teacher 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 more user-friendly. To include practices and procedures that are currently being implemented based on memoranda or requ...
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2010 | P-12 | Teacher 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's public schools (i.e., master teachers, mentors, induction support providers and fieldwork supervisors, instructional l...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Qualifications 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.
Pages 23-36 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Principal Certification
S.B. 226
Amends administrator certification provisions. Authorizes a state board-approved not-for-profit entity to individually, or in collaboration with a higher education institution, to award administrative certificates. Requires any administrative certification pro...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Teacher and Principal Certification
H.B. 974
Relates to teacher certification requirements; to provide relative to the employment experience necessary for certain principals to be exempt from certain testing requirements relative to certification; and to provide for related matters.
http://www.legis.stat...
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| AL | Adopted 05/2010 | P-12 | Instructional Leadership
290-3-3-53.01
Creates new rules related to Instructional Leadership programs. Establishes rationale, criteria for admission to instructional leader programs, and program requirements....
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Alternate 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 administrators; details what a proposal must provide in order to be approved; requires the department of education to, upon recei...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Acceptance 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 or private schools accredited by the State Board of Education or by the proper accrediting authority of another state of ...
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| IA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Standards 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 issued by the Board of Educational Examiners for employment as school business officials responsible for the financial opera...
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Alternative 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 education. Provides that any and all programs must be approved by the state board. Changes provisions concerning the alte...
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Administrator 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 administrators. Certificates will be valid for 5 years and will be subject to renewal. Provides alternative pathways to certificat...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Administrator 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 which a local board of education furloughs teachers, paraprofessionals, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians, supp...
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