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From the ECS State Policy Database
2011 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2011. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

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State Status/Date Level Summary
- 21st Century Skills
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Curriculum Frameworks, Standards, Instructional Materials, Model Professional Development Modules
A.B. 250 - Curriculum Frameworks, Standards, Instructional Materials, Model Professional Development Modules
From bill summary: Deletes the schedule for submission of instructional materials for foreign languages and health for state board approval,...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Certification in "Soft Skills"
H.B. 186 - Certification in "Soft Skills"
Authorizes the Governor's Office of Workforce Development to establish certification in soft skills, which may include, but not be limited t...

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- Accountability
ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Financial Oversight Panels
S.B. 2149
Requires that if an Annual Financial Report resulting from a mandated audit reflects a deficit, the district must, within 30 days after acce...

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ORSigned into law 08/2011P-12Fiscal Accountability
H.B. 2280
Expands scope of audits of best business practices of education districts to include performance audits. Removes discretion of education ...

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NHSigned into law 07/2011P-12Accountability Standards met with NEASC Accreditation
H.B. 130
Allows a school to demonstrate compliance with New Hampshire's input-based school accountability standards by furnishing evidence that it ha...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Expands Definition of Failing School for Purposes of Student Eligibility for the Opportunity Scholarship Program
H.B. 1331
From House of Representatives Staff Analysis: Expands the definition of a failing school for purposes of student eligibility for the Opportu...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12Accountability
S.B. 800
Removes outdated, unnecessary or redundant provisions in education statutes related to evaluations, reports, reporting requirements, filings...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12Accountability
H.B. 2289
(1)Establishes the Task Force on Accountable Schools, consisting of 14 members appointed as follows: (a) President of the Senate is to appoi...

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PASigned into law 06/2011P-12Multiple Sections - Intermediate Unit Transparency
H.B. 1352
Section 907-A requires the posting of financial and contract information for Intermediate Units. Section 921-A brings the intermediate units...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Increased Flexibility for Increased Accountability
H.B. 192
Extends until end of 2014-15 school year the provision that each local school system either notify the department of its intention to reques...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12District Takeovers by State Board
S.B. 383
If the state board orders the takeover of a school district under authority and also orders the removal of the school district board of dire...

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NJIssued 04/2011P-12Education Transformation Task Force
E.O. 58
Establishes the New Jersey Education Transformation Task Force. Charges the task force with reviewing all current administrative regulations...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Performance Ratings for Education Service Cooperatives
H.B. 1433
Establishes performance ratings for education service cooperatives. Requires that each education service cooperative be evaluated during the...

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WYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Wyoming Accountability in Education Act
S.F. 70
Creates the Wyoming Accountability in Education Act and establishes a statewide education accountability system; establishes system componen...

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TXAdopted 01/2011P-12Financial Accountability Rating System
19 TAC 109.1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
From the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: The sections establish provisions that detail the ratings, types of ratings, criteria, reporting a...

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- Accountability--Accreditation
NHSigned into law 07/2011P-12Accountability Standards met with NEASC Accreditation
H.B. 130
Allows a school to demonstrate compliance with New Hampshire's input-based school accountability standards by furnishing evidence that it ha...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12High School Accrediation
H.B. 342
Provides that the State Board of Education (SBE) is an authorized accrediting entity for public schools. Requires the SBE to adopt rigorous ...

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NDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Certification System for Public and Nonpublic Schools
H.B. 1029
Establishes a certification system for the approval of public and nonpublic schools. Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Charter School Reporting
S.B. 436
Requires a public charter school to annually submit a report detailing: (1) The number of applications for enrollment received; (2) The numb...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Alternative Accreditation
H.B. 2494
Provides that any school board, on behalf of one or more of its schools, may request from the Board of Education releases from state regulat...

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VASigned into law 02/2011P-12Delayed Implementation of Certain Statutes and Regulations
H.B. 1554/S.B. 810
Provides for the delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which the accreditation of schools in the Commonwealth is based tha...

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- Accountability--Measures/Indicators
CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Size of Pupil Subgroups for Purposes of API Reporting
S.B. 512
From bill summary: Requires that reporting for purposes of the Academic Performance Index (API) include performance data for pupil subgroups...

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CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Education Quality Index
S.B. 547
From bill summary: Makes provisions relating to the Academic Performance Index (API) inoperative on July 1, 2014, and repeals them as of Jan...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Dropout Recovery High Schools and Individual Pupil Growth Model
A.B. 180
From bill summary: Existing law requires the superintendent of public instruction, with approval of the state board, to develop an alternati...

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TXAdopted 07/2011P-12Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System
19 TAC 97.1005
Adopts excerpted sections of the Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS) 2011 Manual. From Texas Register: The 2011 PBMAS inclu...

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TXAdopted 07/2011P-12Accountability Rating System
19 TAC 97.1001
Adopts the 2011 Accountability Manual. Provides earlier versions of the manual will remain in effect with respect to the school years for wh...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12School Grades
H.B. 1456
Adds a new section of that that requires the assignment and reporting of school grades. Requires that grades of schools be based 33 percent ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Graduation Rates
S.B. 2
Instructs the state board to adopt a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate to establis...

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NMSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Accountability Ratings
S.B. 427
Creates the A-B-C-D-E-F rating system to grade public schools in a way that is easily understandable to parents, school personnel and the co...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Grading System
S.B. 59
Requires the state board of education to establish a school grading system in which a school receives a grade of A, B, C, D, or F based on t...

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WYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Accountability Indicators
S.F. 70--Indicators
Wyoming Accountability in Education Act--Established through legislation and implemented by Department of Education.

PHASE 1
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AKAdopted 01/2011P-12Assessment/Academic Indicators, Report Card to the Public and Definitions
4 AAC 06.825, 895, 899
Revises various provisions regarding the other academic indicator, including graduation rate, for school, district and state accountability....

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- Accountability--Reporting Results
MISigned into law 12/2011P-12Reporting AYP Status
S.B. 618
Requires the board of a schooldistrict or ISD or the board of directors of a PSA to post a notice of the adequate yearly progress (AYP) stat...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Parent Involvement
A.B. 224
Creates the Office of Parental Involvement and Family Engagement within the Department of Education. Describes the duties of the office, whi...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12Fiscal Accountability
S.B. 27
Requires education service districts (ESDs) to prepare annual audit of district books and accounts. Authorizes Oregon Department of Educatio...

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SCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Report Cards/WorkKey Assessments/Teacher Loans
H.B. 3663
Suspends the requirement that the Department of Education (DOE) provide printed copies of 2011 district and school report cards. Requires a ...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 1002
Allows charter schools to opt in to the state health insurance plans. Establishes the charter school board as a statewide sponsor of charter...

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MTSigned into law 05/2011P-12Revenues, Shared Services, Reporting
S.B. 329
Excerpts from the fiscal note: SB 329, as amended, increases the basic and per-ANB entitlements for K-12 public schools by 1.1% in FY 2012 a...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Accountability
S.B. 35
Section 1 of this bill removes the requirement that the automated system of accountability information have the capacity to identify which p...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Accountability
A.B. 138--Report Cards
Revised the requirements for the reports of accountability information prepared by the State Board of Education and the board of trustees of...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12School Grades
H.B. 1456
Adds a new section of that that requires the assignment and reporting of school grades. Requires that grades of schools be based 33 percent ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12School Performance Reporting
S.B. 737
Requires the annual school performance report to be submitted to the Senate and the House Committees on Education.
Requires the annual schoo...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Financial Accountability
H.B. 2421
Directs each school district to submit the following to Arizona Department of Education and, if the district maintains a website, post a lin...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Report Cards
S.B. 1184 - Accountability
Modifies the duties of the state department of education to include the posting of a fiscal report card on each school district and charter ...

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WASigned into law 04/2011P-12Accountability
S.B. 5184
Relating to second-class school districts and compliance reports. Permits second-class districts to submit condensed compliance
reports to ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Grading System
S.B. 59
Requires the state board of education to establish a school grading system in which a school receives a grade of A, B, C, D, or F based on t...

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WYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Assessment
S.F. 70--Assessment
State Board of Education:
--Pilot statewide benchmark adaptive assessment for school year 2011-2012
(1) Results of pilot program will be u...

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AKAdopted 01/2011P-12Assessment/Academic Indicators, Report Card to the Public and Definitions
4 AAC 06.825, 895, 899
Revises various provisions regarding the other academic indicator, including graduation rate, for school, district and state accountability....

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- Accountability--Rewards
OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12More Efficiency and Effectiveness
H.B. 153 - More Efficiency and Effectiveness
Directs the department of education to develop a system to rank all districts, community schools and STEM schools according to: (1) performa...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Distinction Designations and Charter Schools
S.B. 1484
Specifies that an open-enrollment charter school may not be awarded a distinction designation if the charter school is evaluated under alter...

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NYSigned into law 03/2011P-12School District Performance Improvement Awards Grant
S.B. 2808 - Part B, Sec. 2
Creates the School District Performance Awards Grant program. Directs the commissioner of education to award competitive grants to school di...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Parent Trigger Amendments
A.B. 203
From bill summary: Requires interventions to be implemented for a school that is identified as persistently lowest-achieving but does not re...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Full-Year School Plan
H.B. 1415
Provides that if certain specified schools remain on academic watch status for two years, subject to the availability of federal appropriati...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Secondary School Reform Act Delay/Teacher Evaluations/Tenure/Student Governance Councils/6th Grade Student Success Plan
H.B. 6498
Secondary School Reform Act - Delays by two years the implementation of the secondary school reform requirements enacted in 2010 that: (1) I...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Reconstituting Public School and Charter School
S.B. 1485
Allows the superintendent of education to reconstitute a public school, except for charter schools. Directs the department to negotiate with...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Parent Trigger Pilot for Columbus
H.B. 153 - Parent Trigger Pilot for Columbus
Establishes a pilot project for any school operated by the Columbus school district that has been ranked in the lowest 5% of all public scho...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools
H.B. 153 - Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools
Provides that for any building that is ranked in the lowest 5% of all public school buildings statewide for three consecutive years and is d...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Licensure Exam Retakes for Teachers in Lowest-Performing Schools
H.B. 153 - Licensure Exam Retakes for Teachers in Lowest-Performing Schools
Directs the board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district, the governing authority of each community school, ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Parent Trigger Law--Local Board May Trump
S.B. 738
Provides that if the commissioner is presented with a written petition signed by the parents of a majority of the students enrolled at a cam...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Increased Flexibility for Increased Accountability
H.B. 192
Extends until end of 2014-15 school year the provision that each local school system either notify the department of its intention to reques...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Accountability
H.B. 1001--Turnaround Academies
Provides that a school that remains in the lowest performance category for a fifth year becomes a turnaround academy. Requires the state boa...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Graduation Rates
S.B. 2
Instructs the state board to adopt a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate to establis...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12District Takeovers by State Board
S.B. 383
If the state board orders the takeover of a school district under authority and also orders the removal of the school district board of dire...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Accountability
H.B. 2234
Amends section 15-241. Changes the method used to calculate a school's classification and replaces the current labels of "excelling", "highl...

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GASigned into law 04/2011P-12School Board Member Terms
S.B. 79
Provides that members of local boards of education must serve terms of no less than four years. Provides for a phase-in period and for excep...

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MISigned into law 03/2011P-12Supervision of Lowest-achieving Schools
S.B. 157
Provides that if a school included on the list of lowest-achieving 5% of public schools was operated by a district in which an emergency man...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Student Participation in Athletic Programs
H.B. 31
Revises academic standards for student participation in interscholastic athletics. Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Educ...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12District Takeovers by State Board
S.B. 383
If the state board orders the takeover of a school district under authority and also orders the removal of the school district board of dire...

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- Accountability--School Improvement
LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Community Outreach Plans
S.B. 216
Requires the superintendent of the Recovery School District (New Orleans) to develop a community outreach plan to engage parents and communi...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Repeals the Teacher Academy and the Professional Teaching Standards Commission
H.B. 22
Budget Technical Corrections Legislation:
Section 7.31 - Repeals the statutory provisions of the Teacher Academy, created to establish a sta...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12School Improvement Plans, School Improvement Teams, etc.
H.B. 200 - School Improvement Plans, School Improvement Teams, etc.
Removes all statutory references to school improvement plans, building school improvement teams, local safe school plans, and local school s...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Governance
S.B. 197
Removes the provisions creating the 10-member elected State Board of Education and provides for the election and appointment of members whos...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Small Learning Communities
S.B. 365
Makes requirements imposed by statute on school districts and public schools to adopt a pilot program to provide a program of small learning...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12Improvement Plans
S.B. 560
Specifies that Department of Education may not require, except under certain circumstances, school districts or schools
to conduct self-eva...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Accountability
A.B. 113
Revising the contents of plan to improve the academic achievement of pupils prepared by the State Board of Education to require a 5-year str...

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COSigned into law 04/2011P-12Parental Involvement and School Improvement Plans
H.B. 1126
Encourages districts to adopt policies to increase parental involvement. Requires schools that must develop improvement plans to notify pare...

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NYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Contracts for Excellence
S.B. 2808 - Part A, Sec. 1 and 2
Section 1: Provides that a district that submitted a contract for excellence for the 2009-10 school year, unless all schools in the district...

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- Adult Basic Education
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Fee for Class in English and Citizenship
A.B. 189 - Fee for Class in English and Citizenship
From bill summary: Authorizes the governing board of a school district to charge a fee for a class in English and citizenship for foreigners...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Expelled Students Participation in Adult Education Programs
H.B. 6433
Specifies that a student who has been expelled for the first time and is at least 16 years old is not required to withdraw from regular pub...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12Adult Education Program Service Providers
S.B. 1
Directs the state education agency to use a competitive procurement process to award a contract to a service provider of an adult education ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Placement in Adult Education Programs
H.B. 3468 - Placement in Adult Education Programs
Directs the Texas Education Agency, in consultation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to (1) review the standardized asses...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011Postsec.Postsecondary Education Funding
S.B. 2150
From Legislative Budget Committee Summary:

Coenrollment in Public Schools and Adult Education Programs
Prohibits funding for coenrollment...

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MSSigned into law 04/2011P-12
Postsec.
Adult High School Diploma
H.B. 1163
Requires the department of education, the Board of Trustees of state institutions of higher learning and the state board for community and j...

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MTSigned into law 04/2011P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Organizations That Can Administer Adult Basic Education Programs
H.B. 421
Expands the range of organizations that are allowed to administer adult basic education programs to include a district, community college di...

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- Assessment
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Assessment System
A.B. 250 - Assessment System
From bill summary: Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop recommendations, to be reported to the fiscal and appropriat...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Closing the Achievement Gap/Early Literacy
S.B. 929
Sec. 1 - Establishes a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12Physical Fitness Assessment
S.B. 8 - Physical Fitness Assessment
From bill summary: Limits a school district's required annual physical fitness assessment of students in grade three or higher to students e...

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DESigned into law 06/2011P-12Comprehensive Assessment Definitions
S.B. 78
Amends Delaware Code to reflect changes from the Delaware Student Testing program (DSTP) to the new state assessment system, including langu...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Statewide Assessment Provisions
H.B. 1255 - Sec. 16, 18, 25, 26
Allows a principal to waive the civics end-of-course (EOC) assessment requirement for a transfer student who already completed a civics cour...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Transitioning Assessment System to Common Core State Standards
S.B. 1282
Permits the administration of nationally norm-referenced testing in any content area for certain grades at the discretion of individual scho...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Updating High School Graduation Requirements
S.P. 295 (L.D. 949)
Proposes to amend the current education laws to update high school graduation requirements. Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to su...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.
Community College
Common Core State Standards/Remediation/Vocational, Career Courses
S.B. 479
Directs the State Board of Education (SBE) to continue to participate in the development of the Common Core State Standards in conjunction w...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Assessment
A.B. 498
This bill eliminates the statutory requirement for the administration of norm-referenced examinations and revises
existing law to delete ref...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12State Assessments
H.B. 153 - State Assessments
Provides that for administrations of each state assessment in the 2011-2012 school year and thereafter, the administrations are not to be pu...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12English Language Arts Assessments in Elementary Grades
H.B. 153 - English Language Arts Assessments in Elementary Grades
Provides the administration of the English language arts assessments for elementary grades as a replacement for the separate reading and wri...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Ranges of Scores on State Assessments
H.B. 153 - Ranges of Scores on State Assessments
Directs the state board not to prescribe the three ranges of scores for the assessments prescribed by division (A)(2) of section 3301.0710 o...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Elementary Writing and Social Studies Assessments
H.B. 153 - Elementary Writing and Social Studies Assessments
Directs the department of education in the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years not to furnish, and school districts and schools not to admi...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12Assessments
S.B. 801
Directs State Board of Education to adopt guidelines for best practices of administering statewide assessments of students
http://www.leg.st...

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SCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Report Cards/WorkKey Assessments/Teacher Loans
H.B. 3663
Suspends the requirement that the Department of Education (DOE) provide printed copies of 2011 district and school report cards. Requires a ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Assessing Students Taking Courses Above Their Grade Level
H.B. 2135
Specifies that state policy does not require a 5th or 8th grader to be administered a criterion-referenced assessment if the student is enro...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12College Readiness
H.B. 3468 - College Readiness
Directs the Texas Education Agency, in consultation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to conduct a study of best practices...

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WASigned into law 06/2011P-12End-of-Course Assessment
H.B. 1410
Amends RCW 28A.655.061; adding a new section to chapter 28A.655 RCW; and creating a new section 2011 WA SB 5226. Deterination has been made ...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12High School Proficiency Exam
A.B. 290
Authorizes the principal of a high school or the principal's designee to postpone the administration of the high school proficiency
examina...

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ORSigned into law 05/2011P-12Assessment
S.B. 331
Requires Department of Education to grant waiver to allow school districts to contract with entity that meets specified criteria for purpose...

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ORSigned into law 05/2011P-12Assessments
H.B. 2220
Requires assessments to show whether student meets or exceeds academic content standards of student's grade level and to show student's prog...

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WASigned into law 05/2011P-12Student Assessment
H.B. 2115
Modifies the state board of education's responsibilities with regard to performance standards for the statewide student
assessment.
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WVSigned into law 05/2011P-12School Curriculum Teams and Local School Collaborative Processes
H.B. 3116
Amends and reenacts the law relating to the authority of school curriculum teams and local school collaborative processes with respect to se...

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NMSigned into law 04/2011P-12Suspension of Specified Assessments
S.B. 360
Due to financial crisis, temporarily suspends requirements for districts to administer specified assessments for 2011-12. In addition, a stu...

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NCBecame law without governor's signature 03/2011P-12Eliminates Statewide Standardized Testing Unless Required By the Feds
H.B. 48
Eliminates statewide standardized testing in the public schools, except as required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant. htt...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12K-3 Reading Improvement Program
H.B. 302
Directs the state board of education to approve a benchmark assessment for districts and charter schools to assess the reading proficiency o...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12VIP Incentive Program
H.B. 2172/S.B. 953
Requires the Board of Education to take into account in its guidelines for the Virginia Index of Performance program a school division's inc...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Secure Mandatory Testing: Exclusion of Students
H.B. 2077
Adds the act of excluding students from testing who are required to be assessed to the conditions under which the Board of Education may (i)...

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WYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Assessment
S.F. 70--Assessment
State Board of Education:
--Pilot statewide benchmark adaptive assessment for school year 2011-2012
(1) Results of pilot program will be u...

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ILAdopted 02/2011P-12Definition of Grade 11
23 ADC 1.30
Clarifies that students in grade 11 must be administered the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) or the Illinois Alternate Assessme...

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- Assessment--Accommodations
TXAdopted 12/2011P-12Assessment of English Language Learners
19 TAC 101.1001, 1003, 1005, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1021, 1023, 1025
Repeals and readopts numerous sections concerning the participation of limited English proficient students in state assessments, to reflect ...

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CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Assessment of LEP Students and Students with Disabilities
A.B. 532
From bill summary: Requires California's assessments to be valid, reliable, and comparable for pupils who are limited English proficient and...

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WASigned into law 04/2011P-12Assessment
H.B. 1519
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to continue to actively collaborate with teachers
and directors of special e...

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- Assessment--College Entrance Exams
CASigned into law 06/2011Postsec.ID for Postsecondary Admission and Placement Exams
A.B. 176
Provides relative to the administration of standardized tests for purposes of postsecondary education.

From bill summary: Requires a test s...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.
Community College
Common Core State Standards/Remediation/Vocational, Career Courses
S.B. 479
Directs the State Board of Education (SBE) to continue to participate in the development of the Common Core State Standards in conjunction w...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12State Assessments
H.B. 153 - State Assessments
Provides that for administrations of each state assessment in the 2011-2012 school year and thereafter, the administrations are not to be pu...

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NDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Summative Assessment -- High School
S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Eleventh graders in both public and nonpublic schools were required in the past to take the ACT, but this bill adds a requirement that stude...

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NESigned into law 05/2011Postsec.Postsecondary Institution Act, Dual Enrollment, College Admission Testing in 11th Grade
L.B. 637
Adopts the Postsecondary Institution Act and amend provisions of the Private Postsecondary Career School Act. Sec. 85-961 currently provides...

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- Assessment--Computer Based
DESigned into law 06/2011P-12Comprehensive Assessment Definitions
S.B. 78
Amends Delaware Code to reflect changes from the Delaware Student Testing program (DSTP) to the new state assessment system, including langu...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Digital Learning Now Act
H.B. 7197
Creates Digital Learning Now Act. Requires school districts to establish virtual instruction options. Authorizes establishment of virtual ch...

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- Assessment--End-of-Course
TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Community College
Dropout Recovery Partnership
S.B. 975
Specifies this applies to (1) a public junior college in a county with a population of 750,000 or more, and with less than 65% of the popula...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
Repeals Various Obsolete Education Provisions
H.B. 7087
Repeals provisions relating to programs that were never implemented or are no longer funded. The programs are: Digital Divide Council and th...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Career, Technical and Agricultural Courses
H.B. 186 - Career, Technical and Agricultural Courses
By July 2012, directs the state board to approve department-developed models and curriculum frameworks for 16 areas of career/technical educ...

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- Assessment--Formative/Interim
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Assessment System
A.B. 250 - Assessment System
From bill summary: Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop recommendations, to be reported to the fiscal and appropriat...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12K-3 Reading Improvement Program
H.B. 302
Directs the state board of education to approve a benchmark assessment for districts and charter schools to assess the reading proficiency o...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
TXAdopted 12/2011P-12Communities in Schools Program
19 TAC 89.1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1507, 1509, 1511
From Texas Register: Incorporates program changes identified during the statutorily required review of rules conducted in 2010, including up...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Dropout Recovery High Schools and Individual Pupil Growth Model
A.B. 180
From bill summary: Existing law requires the superintendent of public instruction, with approval of the state board, to develop an alternati...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Closing the Achievement Gap/Early Literacy
S.B. 929
Sec. 1 - Establishes a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the...

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ILSigned into law 07/2011P-12Operation of Chicago Charters for Re-Enrolled Dropouts
H.B. 2401
Provides that each campus of a Chicago charter school devoted exclusively to re-enrolled high school dropouts must be operated through a con...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12Courses Offered Through State Virtual School Network
S.B. 1
Permits a student to enroll in a course provided through the state virtual school network if the student is either under 21 or under 26 and ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2011P-12Chicago Charter Schools for Students from Low-Performing or Overcrowded Schools, or Serving Dropouts
H.B. 190
Allows at least 5 charter schools devoted exclusively to students from low-performing or overcrowded schools to operate at any one time in C...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Repeals the Teacher Academy and the Professional Teaching Standards Commission
H.B. 22
Budget Technical Corrections Legislation:
Section 7.31 - Repeals the statutory provisions of the Teacher Academy, created to establish a sta...

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SCSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Extends the Implementation Date of Personal Pathways to Success
H.B. 3748
Extends the date by which the Education and Economic Development Act, now called Personal Pathways to Success, must be implemented fully (th...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Dropout Recovery
H.B. 3708 - Dropout Recovery
Provides that this applies to a public junior college in a county with a population of 750,000 or more and with less than 65% of the populat...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Community College
Dropout Recovery Partnership
S.B. 975
Specifies this applies to (1) a public junior college in a county with a population of 750,000 or more, and with less than 65% of the popula...

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WVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act
S.B. 228
Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act:
Creates the Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zo...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Dropout Recovery Program
S.B. 1303
Allows school districts and charter schools that provide instruction to high school students to offer a dropout recovery program to eligible...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Dropout Recovery Program
S.B. 1208
This legislation authorizes the establishment of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program, a multi-phase youth intervention program intend...

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CASigned into law 03/2011P-12Child Care and Development Services
S.B. 70 - Sec. 8201, 8208, 8263.1
Amends eligibility requirements for children to receive child care and development services. Existing law provides children must be at least...

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MTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Student Records Transfer
H.B. 208
By November 1 and March 1 of each school fiscal year, districts are required to prepare a report for the director of the Montana youth chall...

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NYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Free- and Reduced-Price Lunch Calculation
S.B. 2808 - Part A, Sec. 25
Defines "three-year average free and reduced price lunch percent". Transitions calculation of lunch count to incorporate three-year average ...

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OHSigned into law 03/2011P-12Family and Civic Engagement Teams
H.B. 30 - Family and Civic Engagement Teams, Linkage Coordinators
Repeals Section 3306.31, which required each district with a three-year average graduation rate of 80% or less to have a linkage coordinator...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Transfer of Suspended or Expelled Students to Alternative Education
H.B. 2086
Permits a student who has been suspended for more than 20 days to be immediately transferred to an alternative program. Provides that an eli...

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NHAdopted 08/2011P-12Alternative Education, Tuition and Transportation
NH ADC Ed 1301.01; NH ADC Ed 1302.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06; NH ADC Ed 1303.01, 02; NH ADC Ed 1304.01; NH ADC Ed 1405.01
Implements alternative education programs at regional career and technical education centers or associated high schools. Adds language for ...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Expelled Students Participation in Adult Education Programs
H.B. 6433
Specifies that a student who has been expelled for the first time and is at least 16 years old is not required to withdraw from regular pub...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12Alternative Education
S.B. 1
Requires that a district located in a county with a population of 125,000 or less provide educational services to a student who is expelled ...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12College-Preparatory Boarding Academy Pilot Program
S.B. 404
From Legislative Staff Summary: Creates the College-Preparatory Boarding Academy Pilot Program (Academy) for at-risk students. Defines the k...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Transfer to Alternative School
H.B. 153 - Transfer to Alternative School
Provides that local policies to allow a student to enroll in an alternative school may permit a student to permanently transfer to an altern...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Expulsion or Placement in Disciplinary Alternative Education
H.B. 968
Requires a student who receives deferred prosecution for, is found by a court or jury to have engaged in, or a superintendent or designee ha...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Opportunity to Complete Graduation Requirements for Student in Disciplinary Alternative Education
S.B. 49
Requires a district to provide the parents of a student removed to a disciplinary alternative education program with written notice of the d...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Alternative Learning Environments
S.B. 81
Requires districts to establish alternative learning environment programs for at-risk students. Specifies that such programs are not punitiv...

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MSSigned into law 03/2011P-12Alternative School Placement
H.B. 1178
Provides criteria for districts to make a determination on an individualized basis before placing compulsory-school-age children returning f...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
NDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Student Use of Alcohol or Controlled Substance Notification
H.B. 1086
Provides that a teacher must notify the school principal if the teacher knows or has reason to believe that a student is using, is in posses...

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VASigned into law 02/2011P-12Youth Health Risk Survey
S.B. 1094
Requires the Department of Health to develop and administer a random survey of students in public middle and high schools to facilitate plan...

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- Attendance
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Documents to Demonstrate Residency
A.B. 207
From bill summary: Requires a school district to accept a wide range of documents and representations from the parent or legal guardian of a...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Excused Absence and Military Deployment
A.B. 387
From bill summary: Includes spending time with an immediate family member who is an active duty member of the uniformed services and has bee...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Stalking No Contact Orders
H.B. 192
Directs the court, when issuing a stalking no contact order, to weigh specified considerations when the petitioner and the respondent attend...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Children of Active Dury Parents
H.B. 2870
Provides that at the time of annual enrollment or at any time during the school year, a school district or a recognized non-public school se...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12County and Local School Attendance Review Boards
A.B. 614
From bill summary: Specifically requires a representative of school, county or community mental health personnel to be appointed to a county...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12Conditional School Attendance in Absence of Pertussis Boosters
S.B. 614
Until June 30, 2012, allows a county office of education, district governing board or charter school governing body to allow a student in gr...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Excused and Unexcused Absences
H.B. 6499 - Sec. 16, 18
Sec. 16 - Requires boards of education to provide written notice to parents that unexcused absences could result in a complaint filed with t...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Establishes Truancy Clinic Pilot in Children's Probate Court
S.B. 982
Allows the Probate Court Administrator to, within available appropriations, establish a pilot truancy clinic within the regional children's ...

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INSigned into law 07/2011P-12Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 1--Attendance
Defines "attend" for purposes of the compulsory school attendance law. Requires school corporations to have a policy outlining both excused ...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 4
Makes permanent the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. Deletes the definition of ''test period". Deletes p...

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NHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Student Residency Dispute Resolution
S.B. 37
Provides further detail on the procedure for resolving residency disputes. Excludes homeless children from the list of pupils whose residenc...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12Attendance
H.B. 3197
Relating to school attendance. Requires school districts to adopt attendance notification policies and specifies the required elements. Prov...

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PASigned into law 06/2011P-12Multiple Provisions - Enrollment
H.B. 1352
Section 1304 clarifies that districts must admit students during at least the first two weeks of school.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Foster Care Student Attending Court Proceedings
H.B. 314
Provides that a foster care student who attends court proceedings relating to the student's foster care must not be counted as an absence, e...

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ILAdopted 05/2011P-12School Success Task Force
H.J.R. 7
Extends the School Success Task Force established during the 96th General Assembly. Directs the task force to submit a report by December 31...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Responsibility for Truancy
S.B. 413
States that a parent, guardian or other person who has control of a truant student commits educational neglect. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapt...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Attendance Laws Apply to Remedial Instruction
S.B. 414
States that attendance laws shall apply to remedial instruction for students who are determined to require such instruction, including summe...

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TXSigned into law 05/2011P-12Adjudication of Cases Regarding Failure to Attend School and Parent Contributing to Nonattendance
H.B. 734
From fiscal note: Generally, the criminal offenses of failure to attend school and parent contributing to nonattendance are adjudicated in j...

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VTSigned into law 05/2011P-12Amends Compulsory School Ages
S.B. 100 - Compulsory School Age Provision
Among other provisions, changes the compulsory school age from 7-16 to 6-16.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT058.pdf...

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WVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 2550
Enables West Virginia to participate as a member of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Establishes the...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Kindergarten
S.B. 1256--Kindergarten Finance
Arizona Revised Statute 15-821 is clarified. If a child who has not reached the age of five before September 1 of the current school year is...

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NDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Clarifies and Defines Attendance
S.B. 2226
Creates a new section that defines attendance (absence) (15.1 - 20 - 02.1).
1. To be deemed in attendance for purposes of this chapter, a ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Special Arrangements for Truant Student
H.B. 1995
Authorizes parents to petition for special arrangments to address student absences prior to a student accumulating the maximum number of abs...

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SDSigned into law 03/2011P-12Excusal
H.B. 1133
Amends statute to state that once a parent or guardian of a child files an application with a school official for excusal,
the child shall b...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1976
Adds a fifth citizen member to the Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and specifies...

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- Attendance--Compulsory
RISigned into law 07/2011P-12Compulsory Attendance Ages
H.B. 5061 and S.B. 46
Raises the upper age for compulsory attendance from 16 to age 18. Add enrollment in a postsecondary institution an exception for this requir...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Compulsory Attendance and GED
H.B. 95
Indicates that a child who is at least seventeen years of age and who, after successfully completing a program established by the State Boar...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Compulsory Attendance
A.B. 138--Compulsory Attendance
Bill repeals provisions relating to the exemption of children from compulsory school attendance as follows: Repeals 392.090 which permitted ...

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- Attendance--Truancy
ILAdopted 05/2011P-12School Success Task Force
H.J.R. 7
Extends the School Success Task Force established during the 96th General Assembly. Directs the task force to submit a report by December 31...

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TXSigned into law 05/2011P-12Adjudication of Cases Regarding Failure to Attend School and Parent Contributing to Nonattendance
H.B. 734
From fiscal note: Generally, the criminal offenses of failure to attend school and parent contributing to nonattendance are adjudicated in j...

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COSigned into law 03/2011P-12Truancy Policies
H.B. 1053
Encourages school districts and courts to consider detention and incarceration as a last resort approach for addressing the problem of stude...

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- Background Checks
ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Criminal Background Checks
H.B. 1240
Provides that upon request of a school, school district, community college district, or private school, any information obtained by a school...

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MISigned into law 07/2011P-12Teacher and Administrator Evaluation/Governor's Council on Educator Effectiveness
H.B. 4627
From Legislative Staff Summary - Specifies provisions that must apply to personnel decisions concerning teachers when a school district or i...

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NHBecame law without governor's signature 07/2011P-12Regulations for Nonrenomination or Nonreelection of Teachers
S.B. 196
Amends the length of time required for a teacher to be entitled to the rights of notification and hearing for failure to be renominated or r...

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ILSigned into law 06/2011P-12Seniority Should Not Be Used in Hiring Decisions
S.B. 7 - Seniority Should Not Be Used in Hiring Decisions
(Does not apply to Chicago Public Schools (CPS), as CPS already requires hiring for new and vacant positions to be based on seniority.) Spec...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Extends Employment Reference Immunity to School Employees
H.P. 1030
Extends employment reference immunity to employees of local school districts. Provides that an employee of a school district t who discloses...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Background Checks at Certain Schools
H.B. 153 - Background Checks at Certain Schools
Requires that staff at a nonpublic school participating in the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program or at a college-preparatory bo...

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PASigned into law 06/2011P-12Multiple Sections - Certification
H.B. 1352
Creates a new avenue for mid-career professionals to joing the teaching ranks through the use of "residency" certificates that allow for a s...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Drivers Education and Background Checks
H.B. 2678
Directs the Sunset Advisory Commission to review the education agency's jurisdiction and control over driver education and driving safety sc...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Security-Sensitive Positions and Criminal Background Checks
H.B. 2937
Amends definition of "security-sensitive position" to include any employee who has access to (1) another person's personal information or id...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Eligibility to Provide Services under Contract with a School
S.B. 1042
Specifies that contracting or subcontracting entities may not allow an employee to provide services at a school if the employee has been con...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Training on Sexual Abuse and Child Molestation for Staff at Postsecondary Programs for Minors
S.B. 1414
Defines "campus program for minors" as a program operated by or on the campus of a public or private/independent institution of higher educa...

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COSigned into law 05/2011P-12Offenses Disqualifying Employment and Revoking Licenses
H.B. 1121
Adds criminal offenses and circumstances that disqualify individuals from employment at districts and schools, based primarily on background...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Teacher License Revocation
S.B. 363
Amends and adds certain crimes for which the department of education must revoke the licence of a school employee. Requires applicants for c...

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MDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Adds Protected Classes to Law on Discrimination in the Employment of Public School Employees
H.B. 202
Conforms the provisions of state law relating to discrimination in the employment of public school employees to other provisions of state la...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Written Notices of Termination
H.B. 731
Eliminates the requirement that written notices of termination for K-12 teachers in public schools contain a statement of prior authorizatio...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Substitute Teachers
S.B. 1674
Authorizes substitute teachers to be employed and paid by a local education agency (LEA) or by a third party provider. Substitute teachers e...

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DESigned into law 04/2011P-12Senate's Teacher Hiring Task Force
S.B. 16
Implements the recommendations of the Senate's Teacher Hiring Task Force. Creates an estimated unit count each March, which the Department o...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Ethics
H.B. 201
Oversight moved from the state board of education to the Professional Standards Commission. School districts - employees - Amends and adds t...

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NYSigned into law 04/2011P-12Assistance in Background Checks at Private Schools
A.B. 6611
Allows nonpublic schools to contract with BOCES for criminal background checks. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A06611%09%0...

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FLSigned into law 03/2011P-12Teacher Transfers
S.B. 736 - Teacher Transfers
Provides that before transferring a teacher, the district superintendent must provide the principal of the receiving school with the teacher...

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IDSigned into law 03/2011P-12Renewable Contracts
S.B. 1108
Section 33-515 states that it is the intent of the legislature that after January 31, 2011, no new employment contract between a school dist...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Teacher Layoff and Teacher Tenure
S.B. 73
Prohibits districts from using a last-hired-first-fired layoff policy when terminating school district employees. Permits a district to cons...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Rehiring of Retired Employee
S.B. 127
Identifies conditions under which a retiree's retirement allowance may not be cancelled if a retiree is reemployed by a participating employ...

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- Bilingual/ESL
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12English Language Development Standards
A.B. 124
From bill summary: Makes a clarifying change to the provisions relating to the standards for English language development. Requires the supe...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Testing English Language Development
S.B. 753
From bill summary: Requires a school district to annually conduct the assessment of each English language learner's English language develop...

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ILAdopted 10/2011P-12Transitional Bilingual Education
23 IL ADC 228.35
Amends certification requirements for administrators of transitional bilingual education program, to bring into compliance with other change...

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ILAdopted 10/2011P-12Requirements for Adminstrators of Bilingual Education Programs
23 IL ADC 1.705, 783
From administrative register: In 2006, the state board established for the first time requirements for administrators of bilingual education...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Advisory Council on Bilingual Education
H.B. 3109
By no later than December 1, 2011, directs the Advisory Council on Bilingual Education to submit a report to the state superintendent of edu...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Closing the Achievement Gap/Early Literacy
S.B. 929
Sec. 1 - Establishes a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the...

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ILAdopted 07/2011P-12Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives for English Language Learners
23 IL ADC 1.30
Previously, "progress" in terms of English language proficiency was determined by the percentage of students whose scores on any of the four...

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12ESL Standards
H.F. 26
Requires the Department of Education to adopt English language proficiency standards for students identified as limited English proficient a...

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ALTo governor 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
K-12 and Postsecondary Education Services and Illegal Aliens
H.B. 56
Specifies that verification of lawful presence in the U.S. must not be required for K-12 education. However, requires public schools to dete...

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MISigned into law 06/2011P-12Eliminates Certains Programs/Changes Pupil Count Day/District Transparency
H.B. 4325 - K-12 Provisions
From Legislative Staff Summary: Eliminates middle college grants and funding that provides districts additional funds for educating students...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Standards of Quality
H.B. 1792/S.B. 1270
Codifies in the Standards of Quality the flexibility to use funds provided in the appropriation act and provided to local school divisions f...

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ILAdopted 01/2011P-12Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives for English Language Learners
23 IL ADC 1.88
From summary in Illinois Register: Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs) for English language learners. Section 1.88 of the rules...

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- Business Involvement
ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Community College
Workforce Training Program
S.B. 175
Creates Oregon Employer Workforce Training Program and Oregon Youth Employment Program in Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Dev...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
Repeals Various Obsolete Education Provisions
H.B. 7087
Repeals provisions relating to programs that were never implemented or are no longer funded. The programs are: Digital Divide Council and th...

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- Career/Technical Education
CASigned into law 10/2011Postsec.Occupational and Technical Training
S.B. 451
From bill summary: Requires the Student Aid Commission to develop, and regularly review and update at least every 5 years, the areas of occu...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Linked Learning
A.B. 790
From bill summary: Commencing with the 2012–13 school year, establishes the Linked Learning Pilot Program to be administered by the state de...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12
Postsec.
University of California Curriculum Integration Institute (UCCII)
S.B. 611
From bill summary: Makes legislative declarations and findings. Requests the Regents of the University of California, subject to availabilit...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Subject Matter Projects
S.B. 612
From bill summary: Existing law provides for the establishment and maintenance of subject matter projects by the Regents of the University o...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Graduation Requirements
A.B. 1330
From bill summary: Commencing with the 2012–13 school year, adds completion of a course in career technical education as an alternative to t...

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NVAdopted 10/2011P-12Majors and Minors in Career and Technical Education
NAC 391.120, 13025, 13066, 13082, 13092, 1308, 1301, 131
Revises provisions governing majors and minors in career and technical education. ...

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PASigned into law 10/2011P-12Expands "Vocational Agricultural Education"
S.B. 389
Updates the definition of ''vocational agricultural education" to include instruction that develops student potential for success in enterin...

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CASigned into law 09/2011P-12
Community College
Enrollment in Workforce Development Program
A.B. 835
Authorizes a community college district to enroll high school pupils who are not residents of the district in a California Community College...

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CASigned into law 09/2011P-12Linked Learning Credential
A.B. 1304
Authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to convene a workgroup to develop program standards for the issuance of a recognition of ...

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CASigned into law 09/2011P-12Industry-Based Certification Incentive Grant Program
S.B. 942 - Industry-Based Certification Incentive Grant Program
Repeals the Industry-Based Certification Incentive Grant Program, which awards grants to selected school districts, county offices of educat...

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AKSigned into law 08/2011P-12Finance
S.B. 84
An Act amending the funding for statewide residential educational programs; relating to funding for high school vocational and technical ins...

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NHAdopted 08/2011P-12Alternative Education, Tuition and Transportation
NH ADC Ed 1301.01; NH ADC Ed 1302.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06; NH ADC Ed 1303.01, 02; NH ADC Ed 1304.01; NH ADC Ed 1405.01
Implements alternative education programs at regional career and technical education centers or associated high schools. Adds language for ...

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IASigned into law 07/2011P-12
Community College
Pathways for Academic Career and Employment Act
H.F. 645 - Multiple Provisions
"Pathways for Academic Career and Employment Act" . Establishes a pathways for academic career and employment program to provide funding to ...

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ORSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter Schools,
H.B. 3362
Allows sponsor and public charter school to enter into cooperative agreement with other school districts for purpose of forming partnership ...

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RISIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 07/2011P-12Career and Technical Reporting Metrics
H.B. 6219
Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to promulgate regulations pertaining to career and technical education and to ...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Teacher Licensure
S.B. 806
Allows teacher and educational officer Hawaii Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) members to continue to serve out up to three consecutive three-...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12College and Career Readiness Commission
H.B. 79
Changes the name of the High School Redesign Commission to the College and Career Readiness Commission and changes its membership.
http://w...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Establishes the STEM Council
S.P. 490
Establishes the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Council to develop strategies for enhancing science, technology, engineerin...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.
Community College
Common Core State Standards/Remediation/Vocational, Career Courses
S.B. 479
Directs the State Board of Education (SBE) to continue to participate in the development of the Common Core State Standards in conjunction w...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Career and College Promise
H.B. 200 - Career and College Promise
Directs the state board of education and North Carolina Community College System to establish the Career and College Promise program to offe...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12Agricultural Education
H.B. 200 - Agricultural Education
Directs the Agricultural Education Program in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at North Carolina State University (NCS...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Student Fees for CTE Courses
H.B. 153 - Student Fees for CTE Courses
Permits districts to charge fees (including to low-income students) for any tools, equipment, and materials that are necessary for workforce...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Licensure Requirements for CTE Teachers
H.B. 153 - Licensure Requirements for CTE Teachers
Requires that the rules adopted by the board of education regarding standards and requirements for educator licenses include requirements fo...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Accelerated College Credit
S.B. 254
Defines "accelerated college credit programs" to include dual credit, two-plus-two, advanced placement and International Baccalaureate progr...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Career Schools and Colleges
H.C.R. 129
Notifying the U.S. Department of Education that certain career schools or colleges are legally authorized by the state of Texas to operate e...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Institutions Authorized to Operate Educational Programs Beyond Secondary Education
H.J.R. 130
Clarifies that the state meets U.S. Department of Education requirements concerning federal student aid by naming private institutions of hi...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
College Credit Program Oversight
S.B. 149
Authorizes the commissioner of education to adopt rules as necessary concerning the duties of a school district under the college credit pro...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Tech Prep Program Participation and Tech Prep Consortium Evaluations
S.B. 1410
Directs the education agency to establish procedures for each school district and open-enrollment charter school to accurately identify stud...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12College Credit Program
S.B. 1619
Extends to 2013 a provision that a district is not required to pay a student's tuition or other associated costs for taking a course through...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Applied STEM Courses
S.B. 1620
Defines an "applied STEM course" as a STEM course offered as part of a school district's career and technology education curriculum. Directs...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Career, Technical and Agricultural Courses
H.B. 186 - Career, Technical and Agricultural Courses
By July 2012, directs the state board to approve department-developed models and curriculum frameworks for 16 areas of career/technical educ...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12State Education Finance Study Commission
H.B. 192 - State Education Finance Study Commission
Establishes the State Education Finance Study Commission to evaluate the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Formula and education funding for pub...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Career and Technical
H.B. 1340
Requires the state board of education to receive, distribute, and account for funds received for career and technical education under federa...

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KSSigned into law 05/2011Postsec.
Community College
Postsecondry Tiered Technical Education State Aid Act
S.B. 143
Creating the postsecondary tiered technical education state aid act, replacing the current funding structure. Beginning in fiscal year 2012 ...

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NDSigned into law 05/2011Postsec.
Community College
Authorization, Academic or Professional Postsecondary Educational Institution Offering Credentials
H.B. 1092
Provides that the State Board for Career and Technical Education may authorize the operation of an academic or professional postsecondary ed...

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NDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Career Planning
S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Requires each district to provide students in grade 7 or 8 with an individual consultative process or a nine-week course for the purpose of ...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Student Guidance
A.B. 138--Counseling/Guidance
Revises the provisions governing the policy for the 4-year academic plan for ninth grade pupils to provide that the policy may ensure that e...

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ORSigned into law 05/2011P-12Apprenticeships
H.B. 2034
Aligns current statutes related to apprenticeship programs to revised regulations of the U.S. Department of Labor that include: defining "jo...

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ORSigned into law 05/2011P-12Career Readiness Certification
H.B. 2353
Clarifies requirements for obtaining services from Oregon Career Readiness Certification program. Changes name of program from Oregon Career...

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TNPassed 05/2011P-12Resolution to Congress
S.J.R. 111
A resolution to urge the United States Congress to oppose funding reductions in career and technical education programs....

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VTSigned into law 05/2011P-12Elements of Food Processing to Include in Career & Technical Centers
S.B. 100 - Career and Technical Education
Requires the inclusion of "value added food processing sectors, including meat cutting and processing" into the programs of study offered at...

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WASigned into law 05/2011P-12Career and Technical Education
H.B. 1710
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to convene a working group to develop a statewide
strategic plan for seconda...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Technical Education Districts
H.B. 2237
Conforms state funding Joint Technical Education Districts (JTEDs) with average daily membership (ADM) used in place of average daily attend...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011Community CollegeAdult Education
H.B. 2646
Allows adult students to attend vocational programs on a central campus that is owned and operated by a joint technical education district (...

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CASigned into law 04/2011P-12Partnership Academies in Clean Technology and Renewable Energy
S.B. 1
From bill summary: Requires the superintendent of public instruction to award grants to districts that propose to implement or maintain a pa...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12
Postsec.
Community College
College and Career Readiness standards
H.B. 1620
Establishes the Arkansas College and Career Readiness standards. Develops criteria to evaluate, support, promote and fund career and technic...

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VASigned into law 03/2011Postsec.
Community College
Industry Certifications
H.B. 1493
Provides that where there is a national industry certification for career and technical education instructional personnel or programs for au...

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- Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Digital Curriculum/ Middle School Career and Professional Academy
H.B. 1255 - Sec. 17, 19, 20, 28
Authorizes school districts to provide a digital curriculum for students in grades 6 through 12 (Sec. 17). Requires a district's strategic p...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12Middle School Career and Professional Academy
S.B. 2120 - Sec. 16
Sec. 16 - Requires, beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, each district school board, in collaboration with regional workforce boards, e...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12College and Career Academies
S.B. 161
Amends provisions related to career academies. Defines "college and career academy" as a specialized charter school established by a partner...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
MISigned into law 12/2011P-12Revised Code for Public School Academies (PSA), Urban High School Academies and Schools of Excellence (SOE)
S.B. 618
Provides for revision of charter school law concerning formation, operation, and termination of public school academies, urban high school a...

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MISigned into law 12/2011P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 618
Authorizes an unlimited number (removes cap) and eliminates geographical limits on the issuance of contracts for PSAs, urban high school aca...

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WISigned into law 12/2011P-12Charter Contracts May Include Grounds for Expulsion
S.B. 95 - Section 9 - 118.40 (2r) (b)
This new section of law allows a charter or contract to include grounds for expelling a pupil from the charter school. If such grounds are i...

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CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Charter School Petitions
A.B. 86
From bill summary: With respect to charter petitions signed by teachers, requires that the petition be signed by a number of nonsupervisoria...

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CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Charter Schools
A.B. 1034
From bill summary: Revises the provision relating to admission requirements so that admission policies and procedures are to be included in ...

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DESigned into law 08/2011P-12Charter School Code
H.B. 205
Requires criminal background and child abuse registry checks for charter school board members; prohibits individuals who have felony convict...

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OHSigned into law 08/2011P-12Innovation Schools
H.B. 153 - Innovation Schools
Permits a school to apply to its district board to be designated as an innovation school. Requires an application to include numerous elemen...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Data Collection Requirements/Charter Schools
S.B. 1039
State Education Resource Center - Clarifies the status of the State Education Resource Center as a nonstock corporation and nonprofit tax ex...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter School Educator Permit
S.B. 1160
Establishes a charter school educator permit and allows the education commissioner, starting in the 2011-12 school year, to waive state cert...

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ILSigned into law 07/2011P-12Operation of Chicago Charters for Re-Enrolled Dropouts
H.B. 2401
Provides that each campus of a Chicago charter school devoted exclusively to re-enrolled high school dropouts must be operated through a con...

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ILSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 79
Creates the State Charter School Commission, and makes it responsible for authorizing charter schools statewide. Establishes membership of t...

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Replacing Closed Schools with Charters
H.F. 26
Allows a school board to endorse or authorize the establishing of a charter school to replace the closed school. Requires charter applicants...

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charitable Organizations as Charter Authorizing Agents
H.F. 26
Requires that a charitable organization must have been operating continuously for at least five years before it authorizes a charter school....

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter Authorizer Requirements
H.F. 26
Strikes several requirements for what an authorizer must include in its application to the commissioner for approval as an authorizer. Adds ...

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter School Boards
H.F. 26
Requires school board elections to be held during the school year, which excludes days when the school is closed for holidays or vacations. ...

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter Authorizer Transfer
H.F. 26
Allows a transfer of authorizers when an authorizer and a charter school board of directors mutually agree to terminate or not renew a chart...

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ORSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter Schools,
H.B. 3362
Allows sponsor and public charter school to enter into cooperative agreement with other school districts for purpose of forming partnership ...

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CTSigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter School Teacher Certification
S.B. 1104
Allows the state Commissioner of Education to waive the requirement that teachers in charter schools hold certification when the charter sch...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12High-Performing Charter Schools and Charter Systems
S.B. 1546
Establishes criteria for high-performing charter schools (virtual or cyber charters are not eligible) and high-performing charter school sys...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter School Funding and Oversight
S.B. 1174
Requires charter school budget requests for needs-based facilities funding to include a detailed explanation as to the formula used and the ...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Reconstituting Public School and Charter School
S.B. 1485
Allows the superintendent of education to reconstitute a public school, except for charter schools. Directs the department to negotiate with...

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ILSigned into law 06/2011P-12Chicago Charter Schools for Students from Low-Performing or Overcrowded Schools, or Serving Dropouts
H.B. 190
Allows at least 5 charter schools devoted exclusively to students from low-performing or overcrowded schools to operate at any one time in C...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Corporate Donations to Charter Schools
H.B. 421
Addresses corporate donations to charter schools. Discusses enrollment preferences and membership on the governing or management board of a ...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter Schools -- Beginning of Operations
S.B. 43
Allows a chartering authority to alter the time period within which a charter school must begin operation. A charter school, once approved, ...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter School Approvals
S.B. 142
Revises statute: Prior to the consideration of a charter school proposal by any local school board or the state board, each charter applican...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Creates a Public Charter School Program
S.P. 496
Establishes a process which authorizes the establishment of charter schools in the state. Allows for teachers who are members of the Maine P...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Eliminates Charter School Cap
S.B. 8
Removes the cap on charter schools. Allows the state board of education discretion in granting final approval of charter school applications...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 212
Creates and prescribes the membership of a State Public Charter School Authority. Removes the authority of the State Board of Education to s...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter Schools
A.B. 171
Revisesprovisions governing the membership of a committee to form a charter school and the governing body of a charter school; revises provi...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools
H.B. 153 - Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools
Provides that for any building that is ranked in the lowest 5% of all public school buildings statewide for three consecutive years and is d...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Cooperative Educational Programs at Community Schools
H.B. 153 - Cooperative Educational Programs at Community Schools
Permits community schools to enter into agreements for joint or cooperative establishment and operation of any educational program. Provides...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter Caps, Charter Performance Index
H.B. 153 - Charter Caps, Charter Performance Index
Repeals existing language regarding charter caps for charter operators that were operating fewer than 50, 50-75 and more than 75 schools as ...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Community Schools (Miscellaneous Provisions)
H.B. 153 - Community Schools (Miscellaneous Provisions)
For purposes of start-up community schools, adds to definition of "challenged school district" any district ranked in the lowest 5% accordin...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Ohio School Sponsorship Program
H.B. 153 - Ohio School Sponsorship Program
Establishes the Ohio School Sponsorship Program; directs the department of education to establish an office of Ohio school sponsorship. Auth...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Community Schools in More Than One or Sharing a Facility
H.B. 153 - Community Schools in More Than One or Sharing a Facility
Permits a community school under the same contract to be located in multiple facilities and to assign students in the same grade level to mu...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Collective Bargaining at Cleveland Board-Sponsored Community School
H.B. 153 - Collective Bargaining at Cleveland Board-Sponsored Community School
Provides that the employees of a conversion community school sponsored by the Cleveland board of education will cease to be subject to any f...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Community School Cannot Operate from a Home
H.B. 153 - Community School Cannot Operate from a Home
Prohibits a community school that opened for operation after May 1, 2005 from operating from a home. Page 2 of 264: http://www.legislature.s...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Early College Start-Up Community School
H.B. 153 - Early College Start-Up Community School
Permits any early college high school operated by a big eight school district (as defined in statute http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3314.02) in p...

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ORTo governor 06/2011P-12Special Education
H.B. 2299
Requires school district in which public charter school is located to be responsible for identifying, locating and evaluating students to de...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter Sponsorship
S.B. 994
Allows an institution of higher education to evaluate a proposal for sponsorship by a public charter school; provides that the process or th...

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PASigned into law 06/2011P-12Multiple Sections -Charters and Cyber Charters Finance
H.B. 1352
Removes provisions requiring the state to reimburse charter and cyber charter schools for a portion of the employer's share of social securi...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter School Facilities
H.B. 1980
Requires a district, in which a charter school operates, to make available annually a list of the district's vacant properties and space.
ht...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 1989
Authorizes the Department of Education's (DOE) Achievement School District (ASD) to be a chartering authority for a public charter school. D...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 1956
Amends charter schools provisions. Prohibits a local board of education from serving as the governing body of a public charter school. Requi...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter School Participation Travel Services Contract
H.B. 1550
Permits open-enrollment charter school staff to participate in the Texas Facilities Commission's contract for travel services.
Bill text: ht...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Preference in Charter School Admissions
H.B. 2366
Authorizes an open-enrollment charter school operated by a municipality to give a preference in admissions to children of employees of the m...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Confidentiality of Teacher and Administrator Performance Documents
H.B. 2971
Clarifies that the confidentiality of documents evaluating teacher or administrator performance applies to teachers and administrators at op...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Distinction Designations and Charter Schools
S.B. 1484
Specifies that an open-enrollment charter school may not be awarded a distinction designation if the charter school is evaluated under alter...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12Charter School Enrollment/School District Class Size
S.B. 2120 - Sec. 8, 11, 12, 14, 15
Sec. 8 - Adjusts the charter school enrollment process such that students living in a development that provides the facility and related pro...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12College and Career Academies
S.B. 161
Amends provisions related to career academies. Defines "college and career academy" as a specialized charter school established by a partner...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 1002
Allows charter schools to opt in to the state health insurance plans. Establishes the charter school board as a statewide sponsor of charter...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Accountability
S.B. 35
Section 1 of this bill removes the requirement that the automated system of accountability information have the capacity to identify which p...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Charter Schools Get Government Lease Rates
S.B. 256
Any charter school which chooses to lease property is eligible to receive current government lease rates.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Charter School Attendance
S.B. 445
Clarifies that students who reside in a school district where a charter school is located are not required to obtain a transfer to attend th...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12State Board Sponsorship of Certain Charter Schools, Supplemental Textbooks
S.B. 278
Allows the State Board of Education to sponsor a charter school when the applicant has a contract with the Office of Juvenile Affairs to pro...

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ORSigned into law 05/2011P-12Student Records
H.B. 2029
Requires transfer of student education records to school district when charter is terminated or public charter school is dissolved. Applies ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Charter School Cap
S.B. 346
Declares that if the cap on the number of charters available for an open-enrollment public charter school is within two charters of meeting ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Charter School Reporting
S.B. 436
Requires a public charter school to annually submit a report detailing: (1) The number of applications for enrollment received; (2) The numb...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Charter School Authorizers
S.B. 1263--Charter Schools
Updates the definition of charter school to clarify a public university, a community college with an enrollment of 15,000 full-time equivale...

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COSigned into law 04/2011P-12Parental Involvement and School Improvement Plans
H.B. 1126
Encourages districts to adopt policies to increase parental involvement. Requires schools that must develop improvement plans to notify pare...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 1184 - Charter Schools
Allows public postsecondary institutions to operate public charter high schools.
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/S1184.pdf ...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Revises Provisions Relating to Funding Determinations and Allocations, Dual Credits for Early Completers and Post Secondary Institutions' Operation of Public Charter Schools
H.B. 345
This legislation makes amendments to SB 1184 – the third bill in the Students Come First plan. These changes are as follows:

Additional rel...

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RIAdopted 04/2011P-12Charter School Regulations (6434)
RI ADC 21-2-58:C-1- through C-9-1
The regulations were adopted in order to provide uniform rules for the establishment, operation, and oversight of charter schools in Rhode I...

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COSigned into law 03/2011P-12Charter Schools Grant Applications
H.B. 1089
Concerns procedures for charter schools that apply for grants.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/72F3BE6445179...

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NMSigned into law 03/2011P-12Charter School Policies and Requirements
S.B. 446
Addresses contracts between charter schools chartering authorities; creates an annual evaluation process for charter schools; includes other...

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NMSigned into law 03/2011P-12Policies for Converted Charter Schools
H.B. 97
Clarifies the attendance priorities and other procedures for schools that have been converted to charters through the Assessment and Account...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Regional Service Centers
H.B. 92
From bill summary: Allows and encourages local school boards to enter into an interlocal agreement to create a regional service center to pr...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12State Charter School Board Membership
S.B. 140
Defines "organization that represents Utah's charter schools". Provides that three members of the state charter school board (all of whose m...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Charter School Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities
S.B. 235
Provides that a charter school student is eligible to participate in an extracurricular activity at a public school other than the student's...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Charter School Governance
H.B. 388
Provides that a chartering entity may use certain data to measure the performance of a charter school. Prohibits a chartering entity from im...

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WYSigned into law 02/2011P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 115
An act relating to charter schools; requiring charter school applications and renewal applications to be uniform statewide; imposing duties ...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts
FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12High-Performing Charter Schools and Charter Systems
S.B. 1546
Establishes criteria for high-performing charter schools (virtual or cyber charters are not eligible) and high-performing charter school sys...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
Transparency Requirements
S.B. 2096
Requires charter schools and charter technical career centers to post their financial information on the Transparency Florida website. Requi...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
DESigned into law 08/2011P-12Charter School Code
H.B. 205
Requires criminal background and child abuse registry checks for charter school board members; prohibits individuals who have felony convict...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Reconstituting Public School and Charter School
S.B. 1485
Allows the superintendent of education to reconstitute a public school, except for charter schools. Directs the department to negotiate with...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Community School Closure Criteria
H.B. 153 - Community School Closure Criteria
Amends criteria applicable to community schools that must permanently close at the end of the school year in which criteria first apply. Pag...

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COSigned into law 05/2011P-12Charter School Facilities and Closings
S.B. 188
Concerns increasing the state's oversight of the program that allows the financing of capital construction for charter schools. Addresses ot...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Charter School Closure
S.B. 1149
Creates a new section which will provide provisions in the event of an unanticipated public charter school closure. The provisions require s...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
ORSigned into law 07/2011P-12Virtual Charter Schools
H.B. 2301
Requires virtual public charter school to have at least 95 percent of school's instructional hours taught by licensed teachers. Modifies not...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Digital Learning Now Act
H.B. 7197
Creates Digital Learning Now Act. Requires school districts to establish virtual instruction options. Authorizes establishment of virtual ch...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Internet- and Computer-Based Community Schools
H.B. 153 - Internet- and Computer-Based Community Schools
Clarifies that until January 2013, no Internet- or computer-based community school may operate unless the school was open for instruction as...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Community Schools (Miscellaneous Provisions)
H.B. 153 - Community Schools (Miscellaneous Provisions)
For purposes of start-up community schools, adds to definition of "challenged school district" any district ranked in the lowest 5% accordin...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Enrollment in, State Payments for Student in Cyber Charter
H.B. 153 - Enrollment in, State Payments for Student in Cyber Charter
Provides that except as otherwise specified, beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, any student who completed the prior school year in an I...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Virtual Charter Schools
H.B. 1001--Charter Schools
Provides that, beginning with the 2011-12 school year, a virtual charter school may apply for sponsorship with a statewide sponsor in accord...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Computation of Attendance for Certain Students and Classes
S.B. 361
From bill summary: Existing law sets the minimum schoolday in a high school, except certain schools, including a regional occupational cente...

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DESigned into law 08/2011P-12Charter School Code
H.B. 205
Requires criminal background and child abuse registry checks for charter school board members; prohibits individuals who have felony convict...

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter School Start-Up Aid
H.F. 26
Establishes that a charter school in its first year of operation in fiscal year 2012 is not eligible for charter school start-up aid.(Articl...

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NHSigned into law 07/2011P-12Differentiated Aid and Education Grant Guidelines
H.B. 337
1. Repeals the calculation and distribution of fiscal capacity disparity aid; 2. Sets the amount of differentiated aid at $1,725 for each pu...

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ORSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter School Finance
H.B. 3417
Amended ORS 338.095 to specify requirements of financial management system for public charter school. Requires district extended weighted av...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter School Finance
S.B. 1 - Charter School Finance
Amends methods of determining funding levels for an open-enrollment charter school.
Pages 138-139 of 263: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo...

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CASigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter School Finance
A.B. 114 - Charter School Finance
From bill summary: Provides that, to the extent funds are provided, for the 2010–11 to the 2014–15 fiscal years, a supplemental categorical ...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter School Funding and Oversight
S.B. 1174
Requires charter school budget requests for needs-based facilities funding to include a detailed explanation as to the formula used and the ...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Corporate Donations to Charter Schools
H.B. 421
Addresses corporate donations to charter schools. Discusses enrollment preferences and membership on the governing or management board of a ...

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NHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 505
Authorizes chartered public schools to receive school building aid grants for leased space.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011...

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NHBecame law without governor's signature 06/2011P-12Charter School Requirements and Tuition
S.B. 82
Permits the state board of education to grant charter status to all applicants that meet the requirements (removing quota of 20 schools duri...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Highly Efficient and Highly Effective Schools
H.B. 153 - Highly Efficient and Highly Effective Schools
Directs the department to develop standards for determining, from existing data, the amount of annual operating expenditures for classroom i...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Lease or Sale of Unused School Facilities
H.B. 153 - Lease or Sale of Unused School Facilities
Repeals certain language related to unused school property. Adds new language requiring districts to offer unused school facilities (that ha...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Enrollment in, State Payments for Student in Cyber Charter
H.B. 153 - Enrollment in, State Payments for Student in Cyber Charter
Provides that except as otherwise specified, beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, any student who completed the prior school year in an I...

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COSigned into law 05/2011P-12Charter School Facilities and Closings
S.B. 188
Concerns increasing the state's oversight of the program that allows the financing of capital construction for charter schools. Addresses ot...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
Transparency Requirements
S.B. 2096
Requires charter schools and charter technical career centers to post their financial information on the Transparency Florida website. Requi...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12State Education Finance Study Commission
H.B. 192 - State Education Finance Study Commission
Establishes the State Education Finance Study Commission to evaluate the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Formula and education funding for pub...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 1002
Allows charter schools to opt in to the state health insurance plans. Establishes the charter school board as a statewide sponsor of charter...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Charter School Authorizers
S.B. 1263--Charter Schools
Updates the definition of charter school to clarify a public university, a community college with an enrollment of 15,000 full-time equivale...

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NMSigned into law 03/2011P-12Charter School Facilities
H.B. 113
Requires charter schools that expect a distribution of property taxes pursuant to the Public School Buildings Act to submit a report to the ...

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NYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Charter School Finance
S.B. 2808 - Part A, Sec. 21 and 22
For the 2010-11 through 2012-13 school years, holds the amount paid to districts for charter school enrollment at the 2010-11 school year le...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Property Tax Exemption for Charter Schools
S.B. 278
Provides that, for purposes of a property tax exemption for property of school districts under statute, a charter school is considered to be...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Charter School Governance
H.B. 388
Provides that a chartering entity may use certain data to measure the performance of a charter school. Prohibits a chartering entity from im...

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DESigned into law 02/2011P-12Needs-Based Funding
H.B. 1
Allows services for children with disabilities to be funded based on identified individual needs rather than on their classification or plac...

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TXAdopted 01/2011P-12Financial Accountability Rating System
19 TAC 109.1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
From the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: The sections establish provisions that detail the ratings, types of ratings, criteria, reporting a...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
ILSigned into law 07/2011P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 79
Creates the State Charter School Commission, and makes it responsible for authorizing charter schools statewide. Establishes membership of t...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12High-Performing Charter Schools and Charter Systems
S.B. 1546
Establishes criteria for high-performing charter schools (virtual or cyber charters are not eligible) and high-performing charter school sys...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter School Funding and Oversight
S.B. 1174
Requires charter school budget requests for needs-based facilities funding to include a detailed explanation as to the formula used and the ...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Charter Caps, Charter Performance Index
H.B. 153 - Charter Caps, Charter Performance Index
Repeals existing language regarding charter caps for charter operators that were operating fewer than 50, 50-75 and more than 75 schools as ...

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NMSigned into law 03/2011P-12Charter School Policies and Requirements
S.B. 446
Addresses contracts between charter schools chartering authorities; creates an annual evaluation process for charter schools; includes other...

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TXAdopted 01/2011P-12Financial Accountability Rating System
19 TAC 109.1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
From the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: The sections establish provisions that detail the ratings, types of ratings, criteria, reporting a...

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- Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Interdistrict Transfer for Child of Parent Who Works in Another District
S.B. 381
From bill summary: Extends the operation of the provision authorizing the district in which a pupil's parent or the legal guardian is physic...

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CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Open Enrollment
A.B. 47
From bill summary: Existing law, the Open Enrollment Act, allows the parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school to submit an appli...

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CAIn Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending 09/2011P-12Interdistrict Transfers
S.B. 745
Existing law defines a school district of choice as one in which the district's governing board has, by resolution, elected to accept interd...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12Interdistrict Attendance Appeals
A.B. 1085
From bill summary: Expresses legislative intent that school districts and county boards of education use their best efforts to expeditiously...

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ORTo governor 07/2011P-12School Choice
H.B. 3681
Allows student to attend school in school district where student does not have legal residence if student receives written consent from dist...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Expands Definition of Failing School for Purposes of Student Eligibility for the Opportunity Scholarship Program
H.B. 1331
From House of Representatives Staff Analysis: Expands the definition of a failing school for purposes of student eligibility for the Opportu...

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NHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Student Residency Dispute Resolution
S.B. 37
Provides further detail on the procedure for resolving residency disputes. Excludes homeless children from the list of pupils whose residenc...

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ORSigned into law 05/2011P-12Choice
H.B. 2282
Allows student to attend school in school district where student does not have legal residence if student receives written consent from dist...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Amending Opportunity Public School Choice Act
S.B. 788
Amends transportation policies affecting open enrollment students. Authorizes the receiving districts or charters to transport students to a...

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NMSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Accountability Ratings
S.B. 427
Creates the A-B-C-D-E-F rating system to grade public schools in a way that is easily understandable to parents, school personnel and the co...

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- Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools
WASigned into law 04/2011P-12Innovative Schools
H.B. 1521
Encourages additional innovation schools by disseminating information about current models and recognizing the effort
and commitment that go...

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- Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
OHSigned into law 12/2011P-12College-Preparatory Boarding School Program
H.B. 157 - College-Preparatory Boarding School Program
Repeals provision requiring any board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school to secure at least $20 million dollars of private...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Data Collection Requirements/Charter Schools
S.B. 1039
State Education Resource Center - Clarifies the status of the State Education Resource Center as a nonstock corporation and nonprofit tax ex...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12College-Preparatory Boarding Academy Pilot Program
S.B. 404
From Legislative Staff Summary: Creates the College-Preparatory Boarding Academy Pilot Program (Academy) for at-risk students. Defines the k...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Background Checks at Certain Schools
H.B. 153 - Background Checks at Certain Schools
Requires that staff at a nonpublic school participating in the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program or at a college-preparatory bo...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12College-Preparatory Boarding Schools
H.B. 153 - College-Preparatory Boarding Schools
Creates chapter 3318 regarding college preparatory boarding schools. Defines an eligible student as a student who is entitled to attend scho...

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NESigned into law 04/2011P-12Focus Programs or Magnet Schools
L.B. 558
Amends current law relating to focus schools, focus programs and magnet schools established by school districts in a learning
community. Cla...

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- Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
AKSigned into law 08/2011P-12Finance
S.B. 84
An Act amending the funding for statewide residential educational programs; relating to funding for high school vocational and technical ins...

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NCSigned into law 07/2011P-12Tax Credits for Children with Disabilities
H.B. 344
Provides a taxpayer a credit against the tax imposed for each of the taxpayer's eligible dependent children who is a resident of the state a...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Removes Tax Credit Restriction
H.B. 965
From Legislative Staff Summary: Eliminates a current restriction for the corporate income tax credit and insurance premium tax, that eligibl...

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NHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Tax Credits
S.B. 67
Establishes a committee to study the implementation of an education tax credit plan in New Hampshire. Three members each from the senate and...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Tax Credits and Student Scholarship Organizations
H.B. 325
Expands definition of "eligible student" to include 1st graders (previously included only students in a qualified kindergarten or pre-kinder...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Vouchers
H.B. 1003
Provides a tax deduction for a parent who sends a child to a private school or home schools the child. Increases the school scholarship tax ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Tax Credits for Contributions to Scholarship-Granting Organizations
S.B. 969
Creates the "Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act". The act would allow a tax credit equal 50% of the total amount of contr...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011Postsec.Tax Exemption for Postsecondary Textbook
S.B. 69
Defines "textbook for a higher education course" to include a textbook in electronic format. Provides a tax exemption for purchase of a text...

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- Choice of Schools--Vouchers
WISigned into law 11/2011P-12Changes to the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the Choice Program for Eligible School Districts
S.B. 234
Requires private schools participating in either the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program or the Choice Program for Eligible School districts t...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Expands Eligibility for the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program
H.B. 1329
Expands eligibility for the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program to students with disabilities who have 504 acc...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Expands Definition of Failing School for Purposes of Student Eligibility for the Opportunity Scholarship Program
H.B. 1331
From House of Representatives Staff Analysis: Expands the definition of a failing school for purposes of student eligibility for the Opportu...

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NHBecame law without governor's signature 06/2011P-12Charter School Requirements and Tuition
S.B. 82
Permits the state board of education to grant charter status to all applicants that meet the requirements (removing quota of 20 schools duri...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Background Checks at Certain Schools
H.B. 153 - Background Checks at Certain Schools
Requires that staff at a nonpublic school participating in the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program or at a college-preparatory bo...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program
H.B. 153 - Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program
Amends various provisions of the Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program (voucher for students in low-performing schools, not Cleveland...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Autism Scholarship Program
H.B. 153 - Autism Scholarship Program
Specifies that the services provided under the scholarship must include an educational component. Pages 74-77 of 1000: http://www.legislatur...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program
H.B. 153 - Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program
Establishes the Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program, effective with the 2012-13 school year, for K-12 students with disabilities ...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Cleveland Voucher Program
H.B. 153 - Cleveland Voucher Program
Makes changes to the "pilot project scholarship program" (Cleveland voucher program). Expands eligibility to new applicants through grade 12...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Parental Rights and Special Education
H.B. 153 - Parental Rights and Special Education
Directs the department of education to develop a document that compares a parent's and child's rights under Chapter 3323 of the Ohio code an...

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WISigned into law 06/2011P-12Parental Choice Program
A.B. 40 (Act 32) - Budget Bill
Appropriates funding for the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) and choice programs in other eligible school districts (the latter is ...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Vouchers
H.B. 1003
Provides a tax deduction for a parent who sends a child to a private school or home schools the child. Increases the school scholarship tax ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Amends Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 1744
Parents requesting a Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities must make their request no later than December 1 of the...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Empowerment Scholarship
S.B. 1553
Amends Title 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 19 creating a "scholarship account" program providing options for K-12 students...

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- Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded
OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Tax Credits for Contributions to Scholarship-Granting Organizations
S.B. 969
Creates the "Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act". The act would allow a tax credit equal 50% of the total amount of contr...

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- Civic Education
NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Community Services
S.B. 96
Encouraging a student who receives a Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship to volunteer at least 20 hours of community service per year....

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Citizenship
S.B. 237
Provides for the creation of a nonprofit corporation, with a Board of Directors appointed by the Legislative Commission, to provide educatio...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Curriculum Standards for US and State Government
H.B. 1625
Requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to review the current elementary and secondary curr...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Review of Civics Education Curriculum Standards
S.B. 1483
Directs the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to review the curriculum standards for civics educat...

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ILAdopted 05/2011P-12Illinois Democracy Schools
S.R. 149
Commends the efforts of those schools that have already taken the necessary steps to become Illinois Democracy Schools; encourages all secon...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Character Education
S.B. 1055
Authorizes the Arizona Department of Education to annually retain 7% of the program's state matching grant funds for administrative purposes...

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KYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Voting Information for 12th Grade Students
H.B. 192
Requires secondary schools to provide information to 12th grade students on how to register to vote, vote in an election using a ballot, and...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Civic and Character Education
H.B. 269
Directs each school district and the state charter school board to submit to the lieutenant governor and the commission on civic and charact...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Character and Civic Education
H.B. 327
Directs the state board of education to annually report to the education interim committee the methods used and the results being achieved t...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Commission on Civics Education
S.B. 1054
Clarifies that the Commission on Civics Education will continue until July 1, 2012, if the Commission is funded by a separate appropriation ...

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- Civic Education--Character Education
NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Community Services
S.B. 96
Encouraging a student who receives a Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship to volunteer at least 20 hours of community service per year....

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Citizenship
S.B. 237
Provides for the creation of a nonprofit corporation, with a Board of Directors appointed by the Legislative Commission, to provide educatio...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Curriculum Standards for US and State Government
H.B. 1625
Requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to review the current elementary and secondary curr...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Review of Civics Education Curriculum Standards
S.B. 1483
Directs the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to review the curriculum standards for civics educat...

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ILAdopted 05/2011P-12Illinois Democracy Schools
S.R. 149
Commends the efforts of those schools that have already taken the necessary steps to become Illinois Democracy Schools; encourages all secon...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Character Education
S.B. 1055
Authorizes the Arizona Department of Education to annually retain 7% of the program's state matching grant funds for administrative purposes...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Finance
H.B. 2301
Removes the statutory restrictions on the use of Soft Capitol Allocation (SCA) monies. Allows, as session law, 50% of unemnumbered ECA credi...

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KYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Voting Information for 12th Grade Students
H.B. 192
Requires secondary schools to provide information to 12th grade students on how to register to vote, vote in an election using a ballot, and...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Civic and Character Education
H.B. 269
Directs each school district and the state charter school board to submit to the lieutenant governor and the commission on civic and charact...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Character and Civic Education
H.B. 327
Directs the state board of education to annually report to the education interim committee the methods used and the results being achieved t...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Commission on Civics Education
S.B. 1054
Clarifies that the Commission on Civics Education will continue until July 1, 2012, if the Commission is funded by a separate appropriation ...

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- Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy
FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Statewide Assessment Provisions
H.B. 1255 - Sec. 16, 18, 25, 26
Allows a principal to waive the civics end-of-course (EOC) assessment requirement for a transfer student who already completed a civics cour...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Includes Civics in the Social Studies and History Courses Required for a Diploma
H.P. 902 (L.D. 1211)
Requires a secondary student to satisfactorily complete at least one course in civics and government to receive a high school diploma. http:...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Amends Civic Literacy Curriculum Requirements
H.B. 588
Amends civic literacy curriculum requirements related to the founding of the United States. Deletes the requirements that high school studen...

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TNto governor 05/2011P-12Teaching American Government
H.B. 1625
Specifies that each student must be taught the foundational instruments, mechanisms and values of American government and that no teacher or...

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NESigned into law 04/2011P-12Civics Education
L.B. 544
Expands the topics required to be covered in the teaching of civics in high schools. The bill provides that in teaching about the
duties of ...

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- Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
MESigned into law 05/2011P-12Pledge of Allegiance
H.P. 842
Requires a school administrative unit to allow every student enrolled in the school administrative unit the opportunity to recite the Pledge...

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- Class Size
NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12Class Size Reduction for Grades 1-3
H.B. 200 - Class Size Reduction for Grades 1-3
Declares findings of the general assembly regarding benefits of small class sizes in grades 1-3, and disadvantages of larger class sizes. Es...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12Charter School Enrollment/School District Class Size
S.B. 2120 - Sec. 8, 11, 12, 14, 15
Sec. 8 - Adjusts the charter school enrollment process such that students living in a development that provides the facility and related pro...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Class Size
H.B. 192 - Class Size
Extends for 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years certain temporary provisions that permit the average class size for certain programs to be equi...

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CASigned into law 03/2011P-12Class Size Reduction Funds
S.B. 70 - Sec. 58
From bill summary: Existing law appropriates funding for class size reduction grades K-3, to be expended consistent with specified requireme...

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- Curriculum
PASigned into law 10/2011P-12Expands "Vocational Agricultural Education"
S.B. 389
Updates the definition of ''vocational agricultural education" to include instruction that develops student potential for success in enterin...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12Prohibition of Discriminatory Content
S.B. 48
From bill summary: Updates references to certain categories of persons and requires instruction in social sciences to include a study of the...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Genocide Education/Sign Language is Foreign Language
H.B. 6499 - Sec. 1 and 2
Includes genocide education in the materials provided by the Department of Education to school districts for student curriculum and educator...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Digital Curriculum/ Middle School Career and Professional Academy
H.B. 1255 - Sec. 17, 19, 20, 28
Authorizes school districts to provide a digital curriculum for students in grades 6 through 12 (Sec. 17). Requires a district's strategic p...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12Charter School Enrollment/School District Class Size
S.B. 2120 - Sec. 8, 11, 12, 14, 15
Sec. 8 - Adjusts the charter school enrollment process such that students living in a development that provides the facility and related pro...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12Review of State Instructional Materials
S.B. 2120 - Sec. 21
Sec. 21 - Requires the state Commissioner of Education, by April 15 of each school year, to appoint three state or national experts in the c...

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WVSigned into law 05/2011P-12School Curriculum Teams and Local School Collaborative Processes
H.B. 3116
Amends and reenacts the law relating to the authority of school curriculum teams and local school collaborative processes with respect to se...

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AKSigned into law 04/2011P-12Task Force on Theme-Based Education
S.B. 1 - Task Force on Theme-Based Education
Establishes advisory task force on theme-based education as a legislative task force to compile data and advise the legislature on public sc...

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IASigned into law 04/2011P-12
Postsec.
Council for Agricultural Education
H.B. 592
Establishes a council for agricultural education (advisory). Sets membership and duties. The duties of the council are to review, develop, a...

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WASigned into law 04/2011P-12Civil Rights
S.B. 5174
Relates to encouraging instruction in the history of civil rights; adding a new section to chapter 28A.230 RCW; and creating a new section.
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- Curriculum--Arts Education
NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Establishes the Arts Education Commission
H.B. 758
Establishes The Arts Education Commission in the General Assembly to: (1) Review, prioritize, and recommend implementation strategies for th...

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UTTo governor 03/2011P-12Beverley Taylor Sorenson Elementary Arts Learning Program
S.B. 217
Effective with the 2011-12 school year, permits a district or charter school to receive a grant through the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Element...

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- Curriculum--Drivers Education
LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Drivers's Education
H.B. 534
Relates to driver's education programs. Consolidates all driver's education programs and instruction under the Department of Public Safety a...

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OR(H) CHAPTER 357, (2011 LAWS): EFFECTIVE DATE JANUARY 1, 2012. 06/2011P-12Driver Education
H.B. 2210
Relating to traffic safety education courses....

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Drivers Education and Background Checks
H.B. 2678
Directs the Sunset Advisory Commission to review the education agency's jurisdiction and control over driver education and driving safety sc...

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- Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Instruction in Financial Literacy and Paying for College
H.B. 34
Requires that the Texas essential knowledge and skills related to personal financial literacy include instruction in methods of paying for c...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Financial Literacy Training at Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 399
Requires general academic teaching institutions to offer personal financial literacy training. Directs the higher education coordinating boa...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Personal Financial Literacy
S.B. 290
Requires a personal financial literacy component to be included in mathematics instruction in grades K-8 (previously personal financial lite...

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MESigned into law 05/2011P-12Promotes Financial Literacy of High School Students
H.P. 161
Requires the Commissioner of Education to develop a program of technical assistance that promotes the importance of financial literacy and e...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Financial Literacy
S.B. 912
Requires that state board of education mandate revisions to financial literacy education, including as component on certain achievement test...

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WASigned into law 05/2011P-12Membership and Work of the Financial Education Public-Private Partnership
H.B. 1594
Establishes term limits for membership on the financial education public-private partnership. Encourages school districts to adopt the jumps...

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- Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12State Seal of Biliteracy on High School Diplomas and Transcripts
A.B. 815
From bill summary: Establishes the State Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Genocide Education/Sign Language is Foreign Language
H.B. 6499 - Sec. 1 and 2
Includes genocide education in the materials provided by the Department of Education to school districts for student curriculum and educator...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Foreign Language Immersion Programs
S.B. 104
Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and implement a process to certify foreign language immersion educ...

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VASigned into law 02/2011P-12American Sign Language
H.B. 1435
Provides that if a local school board offers an elective course in American Sign Language, it must grant academic credit for course completi...

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- Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
TXAdopted 11/2011P-12Nutrition Outreach and Education
4 TAC 26.40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53, 55
Renames nutrition outreach and education programs and clarifies eligibility requirements for both programs. One program is now "Expanding th...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Internet Safety Instruction
H.B. 251
Adds Internet safety to the list of health education topics which public schools are required to cover. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sectio...

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NJSigned into law 05/2011P-12Dating Violence Policy
A 2920
Directs the Department of Education to develop a school district dating violence policy and requires school districts to provide dating viol...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Health Education
S.B. 1204
Appropriations--Health Education - Appropriates $10,710,400 for Health Education Programs for fiscal year 2012; limits the number of full-t...

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- Curriculum--Language Arts
CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Closing the Achievement Gap/Early Literacy
S.B. 929
Sec. 1 - Establishes a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Model Curriculum for English Language Arts and Math
S.B. 14
Requires the state board of education to develop a model curriculum for the subjects of English language arts and mathematics. Provides for ...

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INAdopted 04/2011P-12Reading Framework
511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6; 511 IAC 6.2-3.1
Amends 511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6 to include the utilization of the reading framework adopted by the state board of education as part of the required...

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- Curriculum--Mathematics
MTAdopted 11/2011P-12Mathematics Content Standards and Performance Descriptors
ARM 10.54.4010-4013; 4020-4023; 4030-4033; 4040-4043; 4101-4112
Adopts college and career ready content standards for mathematics and repeals previous standards and performance descriptors.
http://www.m...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Closing the Achievement Gap/Early Literacy
S.B. 929
Sec. 1 - Establishes a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Model Curriculum for English Language Arts and Math
S.B. 14
Requires the state board of education to develop a model curriculum for the subjects of English language arts and mathematics. Provides for ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Professional Development, Mathematics K-3
H.B. 1918
Requires the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation to develop and administer mathematics professional development programs for any tea...

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WASigned into law 04/2011P-12Math Specialists
H.B. 1600
Encourages elementary teachers who enjoy and excel in mathematics to become specialists and encourages school
districts to assign these spec...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Standards of Quality
H.B. 1792/S.B. 1270
Codifies in the Standards of Quality the flexibility to use funds provided in the appropriation act and provided to local school divisions f...

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- Curriculum--Physical Education
WISigned into law 12/2011P-12Course Substitution for Physical Education
S.B. 95 - Section 8 (118.33)
Authorizes local boards to allow a pupil who participates in sports or in another organized physical activity, as determined by the school b...

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CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Health and Fitness Award Program
A.B. 200
From bill summary: Requires the state board to establish the Health and Fitness Award Program to recognize schools that conduct their physic...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12Physical Fitness Assessment
S.B. 8 - Physical Fitness Assessment
From bill summary: Limits a school district's required annual physical fitness assessment of students in grade three or higher to students e...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Reporting Student Performance on Physical Fitness Assessment
S.B. 226
Amends provisions relating to reporting student performance on a physical fitness assessment instrument to the Texas Education Agency. http:...

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MESigned into law 05/2011P-12Physical Education Elementary School Pilot Project
H.P. 939
Directs the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Health and Human Services and the Maine Governor's Council on Physical Activity t...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Physical Education
H.B. 9
Requires local education agencies (LEAs) to incorporate a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity each instructional day for elementary a...

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COSigned into law 04/2011P-12Physical Education/Activity Requirements
H.B. 1069
Requires districts and charter schools to adopt policies to incorporate time for physical activity into schedules for elementary students. S...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Support for Increased Participation in Outdoor Activities
H.C.R. 7
Expresses support for increased participation by children in outdoor activities and support policies that promote outdoor activities for Uta...

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VAVetoed 02/2011P-12Physical Education Requirement
S.B. 966/H.B. 1644
Requires at least 150 minutes of physical education per week on average during the regular school year for grades K through eight, with a si...

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- Curriculum--Science
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Science Standards
S.B. 300
From bill summary: Requires the state board to adopt science content standards pursuant to specified requirements. Requires the superintende...

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SCSigned into law 05/2011P-12Clarifies Science Course Requirement for Receiving a High School Diploma
S.J.R. 686
Clarifies the science course requirement for receiving a high school diploma. Current law requires students to pass a science course in a su...

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- Curriculum--Sex Education
NDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Health Curriculum Component on Sexual Health
H.B. 1229
Beginning July 1, 2012, each school district and nonpublic school is required to ensure that the portion of its health curriculum which is r...

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MTVetoed 04/2011P-12Parental Control Over Student Participation
H.B. 456
Allows parental control over student participation in courses of instruction, assemblies, etc. that involve human sexual education. Requires...

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MSSigned into law 03/2011P-12Abstinence-Only and Abstinence-Plus Education
H.B. 999
Requires local boards to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus sex-education policies by June 30, 2012. Requires state department of ...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Family Life Education
S.B. 906
Provides that any family life education curriculum offered by a local school division shall require the Standards of Learning objectives rel...

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- Curriculum--Social Studies/History
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Instruction on the Role of Filipinos in WWII
A.B. 199
From bill summary: Encourages instruction in social sciences for grades 7-12 to include instruction on the role of Filipinos in World War II...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12Prohibition of Discriminatory Content
S.B. 48
From bill summary: Updates references to certain categories of persons and requires instruction in social sciences to include a study of the...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Includes Civics in the Social Studies and History Courses Required for a Diploma
H.P. 902 (L.D. 1211)
Requires a secondary student to satisfactorily complete at least one course in civics and government to receive a high school diploma. http:...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Amends Civic Literacy Curriculum Requirements
H.B. 588
Amends civic literacy curriculum requirements related to the founding of the United States. Deletes the requirements that high school studen...

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RISigned into law 06/2011P-12Teaching of Genocide
H.B. 5732, S.B. 290
Defines genocide and requires the state department of education to make available on its website curriculum materials and such other materia...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Curriculum Standards for US and State Government
H.B. 1625
Requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to review the current elementary and secondary curr...

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TNto governor 05/2011P-12Teaching American Government
H.B. 1625
Specifies that each student must be taught the foundational instruments, mechanisms and values of American government and that no teacher or...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Instruction in American History and Government
H.B. 220
Requires instruction in American history and government to include a study of:
(i) forms of government, such as a republic, a pure democrac...

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- Data-Driven Improvement
MISigned into law 12/2011P-12Bipartisan Workgroup to Recommend Measures to Improve Educational Quality in Public Schools
S.B. 618
Requires a bipartisan workgroup to be convened and recommend measures to improve educational quality in all public schools. The group must f...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Using Data to Improve Student Achievement
H.B. 153 - Using Data to Improve Student Achievement
Provides that of a specified department of education appropriation, a portion in each fiscal year may be used to train district and regional...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12Learning Management System
S.B. 2150 - Sec. 19
Defines "local instructional improvement system" as a system that uses electronic and digital tools that provide teachers, administrators, s...

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- Demographics--Enrollments
AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Residency
S.B. 1141
Requires public schools to obtain documentation of Arizona residency for pupils enrolled in their schools. Chapter 205
http://www.azleg.gov/...

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- Desegregation
MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Prohibits Segregation
H.F. 26
Stipulates that students should not be separated by socioeconomic, demographic, ethnic or racial differences. States that Minnesota will off...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Oversight of Desegregation Funds
H.B. 1878
Provides oversight of and accountability for state desegregation funding received and expended by the Pulaski County School Districts.
http:...

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- Economic/Workforce Development
CAVetoed 10/2011P-12
Postsec.
Strategic Plan for Connecting Education and Workforce Development
A.B. 1310
Partially from bill summary: Requires the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, in conjunction with the California Workforce Investm...

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NYVetoed 09/2011P-12Green Jobs Workforce Subcommittee
A.B. 241
Creates the Green Jobs Workforce Subcommittee ("subcommittee") under the State Workforce Investment Board. Directs the subcommittee to work ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011Postsec.Higher Education Green Jobs and Technology Act
H.B. 166
Creates the Higher Education Green Jobs and Technology Act. Permits representatives from each state university and community college, in con...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12
Postsec.
Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act
S.B. 1945
Creates the Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act. Establishes the State Healthcare Workforce Council to provide an ongoing assess...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011Postsec.Postsecondary Alignment
H.B. 6485
Requires the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, every two years, to identify and report on the sectors or subsectors in which workforce sh...

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IASigned into law 07/2011P-12
Community College
Pathways for Academic Career and Employment Act
H.F. 645 - Multiple Provisions
"Pathways for Academic Career and Employment Act" . Establishes a pathways for academic career and employment program to provide funding to ...

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ILSigned into law 07/2011Postsec.Higher Education Technology Entrepreneur Center Act
H.B. 1876
Creates the Higher Education Technology Entrepreneur Center Act. Authorizes the board of trustees of each public university and community co...

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CTSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Identification of Teacher and Workforce Shortages
H.B. 6485
Requires the state Department of Education to annually, by March first, electronically distribute to the president of every institution of h...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Creation and Transfer of Various State Agencies
S.B. 2156
Creates the Department of Economic Opportunity. Transfers the functions and trust funds of the Agency for Workforce Innovation to other agen...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Higher Education Coordinating Council/Articulation Coordinating Committee/Various Postsecondary Provisions
H.B. 7151
Establishes the Higher Education Coordinating Council and directs the council to make recommendations on: (1) The primary core mission of pu...

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LAAdopted 06/2011Postsec.Community Colleges and Economic Development
S.C.R. 61
Urges and requests the Board of Regents to work with the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to study the two-year coll...

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LAAdopted 06/2011Postsec.Postsecondary and Workforce Development Study
H.C.R. 66
Urges and requests the Board of Regents, the Department of Revenue, and the Louisiana Workforce Commission to report and share information a...

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LAAdopted 06/2011Postsec.Shared Vision for Higher Education in Louisiana
H.C.R. 121
Urges the Louisiana Board of Regents to aggressively and fully implement its previously established admission standards, those standards the...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Establishes the ''No Adult Left Behind" Initiative
S.B. 166
Requires the Commission on Workforce Development, acting as the lead agency, with the cooperation of other participating agencies, including...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.
Community College
Advisory Council on Economic Development
A.B. 449
Creates an Advisory Council on Economic Development and prescribes its duties. Creates the Board of Economic Development, consisting of the ...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Community College
Workforce Training Program
S.B. 175
Creates Oregon Employer Workforce Training Program and Oregon Youth Employment Program in Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Dev...

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SCSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Extends the Implementation Date of Personal Pathways to Success
H.B. 3748
Extends the date by which the Education and Economic Development Act, now called Personal Pathways to Success, must be implemented fully (th...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Advanced Research Program
H.B. 2631
Renames the advanced research program the Norman Hackerman advanced research program. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pd...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Cybersecurity, Education and Economic Development council
S.B. 988
Creates a 9-member cybersecurity, education and economic development council, including two representatives from institutions of higher educ...

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WAPartial Veto http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Vetoes/5764.VTO.pdf 06/2011Postsec.Creating Innovate Washington
S.B. 5764
Creates innovate Washington as a state agency. Abolishes the Spokane intercollegiate research and technology institute and the Washington te...

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COSigned into law 05/2011Postsec.Higher Education Master Plan
S.B. 52
Directs the commission on higher education to design a master plan that achieves the following goals: increasing the overall number of degre...

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MDSigned into law 05/2011Postsec.
Community College
Amends Requirements For Exemption From Community College Tuition Payment for Disabled Individuals
H.B. 104
Clarifies and amends the requirements for obtaining an exemption from the payment of tuition at community colleges for specified disabled in...

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NCSigned into law 05/2011P-12High School To Work Partnerships
H.B. 769
Directs local boards of education to adopt and implement policies that encourage high school to work partnerships. http://www.ncga.state.nc....

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NDSigned into law 05/2011Postsec.
Community College
Workforce Training
S.B. 2056 (H.B. 1016)
Clarify that one of the four institutions of higher education that is assigned primary responsibility for workforce training qualifies as a ...

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WVSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Establishes the Learn and Earn Cooperative Education Program
S.B. 538
Establishes the Learn and Earn Cooperative Education Program to provide opportunities for students in technical and community colleges to wo...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011Community College
Postsec.
Community College District
S.B. 1213
Outlines an alternative process to convert a provisional community college district to an independent community college district. Allows a c...

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VASigned into law 04/2011Postsec.Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund
S.B. 1485/H.B. 2324
Expands the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund to allow for awards from the fund to be used to encourage commercialization and to ...

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MESigned into law 03/2011P-12Establishes the Governor's Business Advisory Council
12 FY 11/12
Establishes the Governor's Business Advisory Council tasked with advising on ways to improve the state's business climate.
http://www.maine....

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MSSigned into law 03/2011P-12Development of State Longitudinal Data System
S.B. 2371
Provides for the development of a state longitudinal data system (SLDS) to establish a multi-agency database to track educational and studen...

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UTVetoed 03/2011P-12
Postsec.
Utah Futures Web Site and Steering Committee
S.B. 305
Statutorily creates "Utah Futures" https://utahfutures.org/, a web-based education and career counseling program. Provides that Utah Futures...

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VASigned into law 03/2011Postsec.
Community College
Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011
H.B. 2510/S.B. 1459
Establishes the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011 for the purpose of fueling strong economic growth in the Commonwealth and ...

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- Equity
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12
Postsec.
Gender Expression and Gender Identity
A.B. 887
Creates definition of "gender expression" in the Education Code. Adds that a public education is to be offered to all, regardless of gender ...

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- Federal
AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Federal Programs
S.B. 1263--Federal Grants and Reporting Requirements
Allows charter schools and small school districts, if permitted by federal law, to opt out of federal grant opportunities if they would impo...

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- Finance
MISigned into law 12/2011P-12State School Aid Act
S.B. 691
Amends Section 25 of the State School Aid Act, which provides for adjustments in foundation allowance funding for pupils enrolled in alterna...

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AKSigned into law 08/2011P-12Finance
S.B. 84
An Act amending the funding for statewide residential educational programs; relating to funding for high school vocational and technical ins...

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Integration Revenue Replacement Advisory Task Force
H.F. 26
(a) Directs the education commissioner to convene a 12-member advisory task force to develop recommendations for repurposing integration rev...

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ALTo governor 06/2011P-12Monthly Reporting on Education Trust Fund
H.B. 25
Requires the Department of Finance to produce monthly reports on the condition of the Education Trust Fund. Provides legislative intent that...

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MNVetoed 06/2011P-12Omnibus Education Policy Bill
H.F. 1381
Omnibus Education Policy Bill
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H1381.5.html&session=ls87...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12Transferring Funds for School Building Administration
H.B. 200 - Transferring Funds for School Building Administration
Permits local school administrative units to transfer funds for school building administration for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by t...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Oregon Education Investment Board and Early Learning Council
S.B. 909
Establishes the Oregon Education Investment Board to oversee a unified public education system that begins with early childhood services and...

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PASigned into law 06/2011P-12Multiple Sections - Intermediate Unit Transparency
H.B. 1352
Section 907-A requires the posting of financial and contract information for Intermediate Units. Section 921-A brings the intermediate units...

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WASigned into law 06/2011P-12Finance
H.B. 1131
Modifies provisions relating to the student achievement program general fund allocation.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/P...

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MNVetoed 05/2011P-12Omnibus School Finance Bill
H.F. 934
Omnibus K-12 Finance Bill
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0934.4.html&session=ls87...

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MNVetoed 05/2011P-12Omnibus Education Finance Bill
H.F. 934
Contains conference committee recommendations for the funding of K-12 education in Minnesota.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php...

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ORSigned into law 05/2011P-12Finance
S.B. 5545
Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or otherrevenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery
funds and federal ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Training on Audit Procedures
H.B. 1708
Requires school district board members to obtain professional development concerning audit procedures. Defines scope and content of training...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Outcomes Based Funding
H.B. 2710
Establishes the 13-member Joint Legislative Study Committee on Outcome-Based Education Funding (Committee). Instructs the Committee to devel...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Charter School Closure
S.B. 1149
Creates a new section which will provide provisions in the event of an unanticipated public charter school closure. The provisions require s...

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MSSigned into law 04/2011P-12District Finance for Students In Corrections Facility
S.B. 2388
Authorizes the Mississippi Department of Education to develop and promulgate policies and procedures regarding financial reimbursements to t...

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OKSigned into law 04/2011P-12Pension Funding Accountability Act of 2011
H.B. 1007
Each month the State Department of Education is required to transfer the monies apportioned to the Teachers' Retirement System Dedicated Rev...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Revenue Receipts
H.B. 1296
Clarifies the definition of revenue receipts of a school district.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB1296.pdf...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Oversight of Desegregation Funds
H.B. 1878
Provides oversight of and accountability for state desegregation funding received and expended by the Pulaski County School Districts.
http:...

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KSAdopted 03/2011P-12School Finance
H.C.R. 5010
Resolution would create a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment to clarify that it is the Kansas Legislation that has the authority t...

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MSSigned into law 03/2011P-12Funds to Nonprofit Foundations
H.B. 1227
Authorizes local school boards to disburse funds to a nonprofit foundation that exists to enhance the public educational experience and quai...

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MSSigned into law 03/2011P-12Purchase of Easements
H.B. 1126
Authorizes local school boards to purchase easements for access to 16th section lands. Prohibits the use of eminent domain by any local scho...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Standards of Quality
H.B. 1792/S.B. 1270
Codifies in the Standards of Quality the flexibility to use funds provided in the appropriation act and provided to local school divisions f...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Unfunded Programs
H.B. 1885
Deletes references to educational programs that have not been funded and do not exist and updates language in other sections to conform to c...

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DESigned into law 02/2011P-12Needs-Based Funding
H.B. 1
Allows services for children with disabilities to be funded based on identified individual needs rather than on their classification or plac...

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- Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
INSigned into law 04/2011P-12Lawsuits by School Corporations
S.B. 495
Prohibits the governing body of a school corporation from using funds received from the state to bring or join in an action against the stat...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Funding Amounts
H.B. 1901
Changes the foundation funding level for students. Includes students in regular settings, alternative settings, English-language learners an...

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- Finance--Aid to Private Schools
OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Definitions for Purposes of District Purchases
H.B. 153 - Definitions for Purposes of District Purchases
Repeals existing definition of "electronic textbook". Establishes new defintion of electronic textbook as any book or book substitute access...

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MESigned into law 05/2011P-12School Closures/Annual Student Counts/Private Schools Annual Audit
H.P. 959
Exempts certain reformulated school administrative districts that did not operate a K-12 program from the requirement to maintain such a pro...

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- Finance--Bonds
ORSigned into law 07/2011Postsec.Capitol Construction
H.B. 5006
Limits for six-year period beginning July 1, 2011, payment of expenses from other funds collected or received by various state agencies for ...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Transfers from School District Bond Fund or Bond Retirement Fund
H.B. 153 - Transfers from School District Bond Fund or Bond Retirement Fund
From bill analysis: Authorizes transfers from a bond fund or bond retirement fund to a permanent improvement fund, even if all of the obliga...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12Capital Costs
S.B. 18
Establishes statutory provisions required for Superintendent of Public Instruction to borrow money pursuant to Article XI-P of Oregon Consti...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011Postsec.Bonds
A.B. 478
Existing law authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to issue bonds and other securities to finance certain projects at ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Clarifying Definitions
H.B. 1527
Clarifies definitions related to bonded debt assistance for school districts.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act266....

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MTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Authority to Finance Energy Conservation Measures
H.B. 182
From the fiscal note: HB 182 extends the debt repayment period for Montana school districts to borrow funds through the Board of Investments...

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NVVetoed 03/2011P-12Outstanding Bonds
A.B. 183
Revises the provisions regarding the establishment and maintenance of a reserve account for payment of the outstanding bonds of a school dis...

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SDSigned into law 03/2011Community CollegeFinance - Bonds
H.B. 1228
An act to increase the bonding limit of the four technical institutes.
1-16A-77. The aggregate outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes...

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- Finance--District
PASigned into law 11/2011P-12
Postsec.
Thresholds for Contracts Put Out for Bid
S.B. 296
Increases the maximum amount of a contract before it must be put out for bids. Under current law, a district must seek written or phone pric...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Hearing Before Adoption of Local Budget
A.B. 189 - Hearing Before Adoption of Local Budget
From bill summary: Requires a public hearing to be held prior to and independent of a meeting where the governing board of a school district...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Fiscal Efficiency and Shared Services
S.B. 2134
Encourages each regional superintendent of schools to offer districts the opportunity to share in joint educational or operational programs,...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Financial Oversight Panels
S.B. 2149
Requires that if an Annual Financial Report resulting from a mandated audit reflects a deficit, the district must, within 30 days after acce...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12Allocation of Federal Funds to Districts
A.B. 169
Clarifies that for purposes of state board allocation of federal funds to districts, "districts" are defined to include school districts, co...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12District Furloughs
S.B. 8 - District Furloughs
Authorizes a district board of trustees to implement a furlough program and reduce the number of days of service otherwise required by law b...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12District Financial Exigency
S.B. 8 - District Financial Exigency
From bill summary: Authorizes a school district board of trustees to adopt a resolution declaring a financial exigency for the district, lim...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Budget Review/Gift Ban for School Board Members
H.B. 1255 - Sec. 6, 29
Removes the requirement that the commissioner of education review the budgets for school districts and Florida College System institutions. ...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Posting of District Budget on School Website
S.B. 224
Requires the budget of each school district (and other city and county entities) to be posted on the district's website. http://laws.flrules...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12School Calendar Pilot Program
H.B. 200 - School Calendar Pilot Program
Directs the state board to establish a school calendar pilot program in the Wilkes County Schools, the Montgomery County Schools, and the St...

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NHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Authorization for Special Board Meetings to Discuss Changes in Funding
H.B. 650
Authorizes a school district to call a special meeting to address changes in the amount of education funding to be received from the state. ...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Finance
A.B. 579
Ensures sufficient funding for K-12 public education for the 2011-2013 biennium; apportioning the State Distributive School Account in the S...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12School District Solvency Assistance Fund
H.B. 153 - School District Solvency Assistance Fund
Provides an exception to the provision that districts must reimburse the school district solvency assistance fund no later than the end of t...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy
H.B. 153 - Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy
Establishes the procedure for a district to levy a property tax or income tax. Pages 752-757 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/Bil...

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PASigned into law 06/2011P-12Multiple Sections - School Budgets
H.B. 1352
Section 615 gives school districts the authority to reopen their budget fue to changes in federal and state allocations. http://www.legis.st...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Students Served in Residential Mental Health
S.B. 1707
Requires a local board of education to allocate funding in an amount equal to the per pupil state and local funds received by the LEA to sta...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
Uniform Reporting Requirements
S.B. 1292
Requires, beginning October 1, 2011, the Chief Financial Officer to conduct workshops with state agencies, local governments, educational en...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
Transparency Requirements
S.B. 2096
Requires charter schools and charter technical career centers to post their financial information on the Transparency Florida website. Requi...

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KSSigned into law 05/2011P-12Uniform Reporting System
S.B. 21
Enacts the uniform reporting system for receipts and expenditures for school districts. Requires the state board of education to develop and...

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MTSigned into law 05/2011P-12Revenues, Shared Services, Reporting
S.B. 329
Excerpts from the fiscal note: SB 329, as amended, increases the basic and per-ANB entitlements for K-12 public schools by 1.1% in FY 2012 a...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Federal Grant Money Can Be Disbursed to Cooperative
S.B. 275
The measure allows federal grant money applied for on behalf of a school district to be disbursed directly to an interlocal cooperative with...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Cap on District Expenditures on Administration
S.B. 664
Changes the cap on school district expenditures. School districts with more than 1,500 average daily attendance must not spend more than 5% ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund
H.B. 1852
The measure creates the Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund to be used for grants to public classroom teachers. The State Board o...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12School Consolidation Assistance Fund
H.B. 2115
Allows expenditure from School Consolidation Assistance Fund to school districts that have entered into a mutual contract for a superintende...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Students Come First
S.B. 1184
The Students Come First legislation relates to public school modernization and reform. The legislature has a duty to ensure that state's sch...

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NDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Authority to Withhold School District State Aid
H.B. 1428
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop detailed procedures for school districts (and others) to follow if there is any...

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OKSigned into law 04/2011P-12
H.B. 1372
Modifies definition of administrative services for expenditure limits. In defining "administrative services," staff for the superintendent w...

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WASigned into law 04/2011P-12Fiscal Impact
H.B. 1703
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to prepare school district fiscal notes on proposed legislation
that increa...

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WASigned into law 04/2011P-12Fiscal bankruptcy
H.B. 1431
Section 1: Relates to addressing financial insolvency of school districts; and creating new sections. Superintendent of public instruction i...

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MISigned into law 03/2011P-12Supervision of Lowest-achieving Schools
S.B. 157
Provides that if a school included on the list of lowest-achieving 5% of public schools was operated by a district in which an emergency man...

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MISigned into law 03/2011P-12Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act
H.B. 4214
Repeals the "Local Government Fiscal Responsibility Act", and creates the "Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act", ...

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OHSigned into law 03/2011P-12Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs
H.B. 30 - Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs
Permits the state superintendent to issue waivers from certain financial reporting standards for districts and educational service centers, ...

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SDSigned into law 03/2011P-12Capital Outlay
S.B. 111
Extend for two years the period of time in which school districts may expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation, insurance, ene...

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TXAdopted 01/2011P-12Financial Accountability Rating System
19 TAC 109.1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
From the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: The sections establish provisions that detail the ratings, types of ratings, criteria, reporting a...

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- Finance--Facilities
OHSigned into law 12/2011P-12College-Preparatory Boarding School Program
H.B. 157 - College-Preparatory Boarding School Program
Repeals provision requiring any board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school to secure at least $20 million dollars of private...

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TXAdopted 12/2011P-12New Instructional Facility Allotment
19 TAC 61.1034
Modifies provisions related to the allotment for new instructional facilities to reflect statutory changes, implement a recent TEA policy de...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12School Facilities Funding: High-Performance Schools
S.B. 128
Makes specified new construction and modernization projects eligible for an incentive grant if the project meets the criteria prescribed in ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12School Action and Facility Master Planning
S.B. 630
Very similar to S.B. 620 (http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/PDF/09700SB0620lv.pdf). Differs from S.B. 620 in definition of "school actio...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12School Action and Facility Master Planning for Chicago Public Schools
S.B. 620
Creates new sections 105 ILCS 5/34-200 through -235 regarding school action and facility master planning for Chicago Public Schools. By Dece...

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MESigned into law 07/2011P-12Alternative Delivery Methods for School Construction Projects
H.P. 413
Authorizes the approval of additional school construction projects by school districts seeking to use an alternative delivery method for a s...

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ORSigned into law 07/2011Postsec.Capitol Construction
H.B. 5006
Limits for six-year period beginning July 1, 2011, payment of expenses from other funds collected or received by various state agencies for ...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12School Repair and Maintenance
S.B. 1383
Permits the Hawaii 3R's School Repair and Maintenance Fund to receive moneys transferred to it from the School-level Minor Repairs and Maint...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Amends Laws Governing Competitive Bidding for School Construction and Repair
S.P. 110
Changes the minimum amount of the cost of school construction, major alteration or repair requiring a competitive bid from over $100,000 to ...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Textbooks and Instructional Materials
A.B. 493
Extends the prospective expiration of the temporary waiver from certain requirements governing expenditures of money for textbooks, instruct...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
K-12 and Higher Education Construction Contracts
H.B. 153 - K-12 and Higher Education Construction Contracts
Sections 9.33 to 9.335: Makes certain provisions related to a public authority's contracting for construction (that are already applicable t...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Reporting on Costs of Capital Facilities Projects
H.B. 153 - Reporting on Costs of Capital Facilities Projects
Directs public entities (including a state agency and a state institution of higher education), upon completion of a capital facilities proj...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Unit Prices Established in Contract
H.B. 153 - Unit Prices Established in Contract
Permits a regional council to enter into a contract that establishes a unit price for materials, labor, services, overhead, profit, and asso...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Lease or Sale of Unused School Facilities
H.B. 153 - Lease or Sale of Unused School Facilities
Repeals certain language related to unused school property. Adds new language requiring districts to offer unused school facilities (that ha...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Renting Facilities to Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 153 - Renting Facilities to Postsecondary Institutions
Permits a district board to rent or lease facilities under its control to any public or nonpublic institution of higher education for the in...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Relocation or Replacement of Classroom Facilities
H.B. 153 - Relocation or Replacement of Classroom Facilities
Permits the Ohio school facilities commission to provide assistance under the exceptional needs school facilities program to any school dist...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Facilities
H.B. 153 - Facilities
Specifies actions after which a district capital project must be considered complete and the Ohio school facilities commission must issue a ...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12College-Preparatory Boarding Schools
H.B. 153 - College-Preparatory Boarding Schools
Creates chapter 3318 regarding college preparatory boarding schools. Defines an eligible student as a student who is entitled to attend scho...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Funding for STEM School Facilities
H.B. 153 - Funding for STEM School Facilities
Permits the Ohio school facilities commission, upon receipt of a written proposal by the governing body of a STEM school, to provide funding...

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ALTo governor 05/2011P-12Funding to Repair Tornado-Damaged Schools
H.J.R. 460
Legislature resolved to work with governor and state superintendent of education to provide funding for tornado-damaged schools....

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NEVetoed 05/2011P-12Financing Capital Projects
L.B. 283
From fiscal note: LB 283 expands an existing authority for school districts to levy property taxes and issue bonds for capital projects to i...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Finance
H.B. 2301
Removes the statutory restrictions on the use of Soft Capitol Allocation (SCA) monies. Allows, as session law, 50% of unemnumbered ECA credi...

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CASigned into law 03/2011P-12Funding School Facility Maintenance
S.B. 70 - Sec. 17070.766
Extends through the 2014-15 fiscal year the temporary provision that reduces the deposit that districts applying for ongoing and major schoo...

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KYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Funds for Districts wtih Structurally Unsound School Buildings
H.B. 428
Directs the department of education to determine urgent and critical construction needs. Directs the department to provide a funding allocat...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12
Postsec.
Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002
S.B. 1127
Provides that whenever a responsible public entity rejects a proposal initiated by a private entity that purports to develop specific cost s...

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- Finance--Federal
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Facilitating Renewable Energy Products on School Lands
A.B. 982
From bill summary: Contingent on the cooperation of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, requires the state lands commission to enter into a ...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Finance
S.J.R. 3
Urging Congress to enact legislation requiring the Secretary of the Interior to convey ownership of certain land to the State of Nevada to h...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Federal Grant Money Can Be Disbursed to Cooperative
S.B. 275
The measure allows federal grant money applied for on behalf of a school district to be disbursed directly to an interlocal cooperative with...

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WASigned into law 05/2011P-12Allocation of Federal Forest Revenue Based on Resident Students
S.B. 5239
Allocates federal forest revenue to public schools based on resident students. Directs the definition of "resident student" to be based on r...

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NCVetoed 04/2011P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Community Colleges Opt Out Of Participation In Federal Direct Loan Program
H.B. 7
Allows community colleges to opt out of participation in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.
Govenor's Veto Message: http://ww...

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NESigned into law 03/2011P-12Allocation Provisions Relating to the Education Innovation Fund
L.B. 333
From the fiscal note: Repeals the section of statute requiring a student achievement coordinator at NDE. The
general fund savings from elimi...

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NESigned into law 02/2011P-12Formula to Distribute State Aid
L.B. 18
Fiscal Note summary: LB 18 amends the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act (TEEOSA) which is the formula used to distribute ...

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- Finance--Funding Formulas
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Computation of Attendance for Certain Students and Classes
S.B. 361
From bill summary: Existing law sets the minimum schoolday in a high school, except certain schools, including a regional occupational cente...

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CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Reimbursable State Mandates
A.B. 202
From bill summary: Expresses legislative intent that statutes creating a reimbursable state mandate on local educational agencies be periodi...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Early Childhood Block Grants; Chicago Educational Block Grants
S.B. 1742
Requires a school district that receives an Early Childhood Block Grant to report to the state board of education on its use of the block gr...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Remote Educational Program Funding
H.B. 3223
Amends the instructional time during which the remote educational program may be delivered (to disassociate from the traditional school cale...

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Literacy Incentive Aid
H.F. 26
Establishes literacy incentive aid as the sum of proficiency aid and growth aid.

Establishes the formula for a school's proficiency aid eq...

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NHSigned into law 07/2011P-12Differentiated Aid and Education Grant Guidelines
H.B. 337
1. Repeals the calculation and distribution of fiscal capacity disparity aid; 2. Sets the amount of differentiated aid at $1,725 for each pu...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12School Finance System Study
S.B. 1 - School Finance System Study
Requires the establishment of a joint legislative interim committee to conduct a comprehensive study of the public school finance system. Di...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Committee on Weights
S.B. 1281
Amends Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the Committee on Weights (to develop a weighted student formula) to meet not less t...

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LAAdopted 06/2011P-12K-12 School Funding Formula
H.C.R. 130
Provides for legislative approval of the formula to determine the cost of a minimum foundation program of education in all public elementary...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12Funds for Gifted Children
H.B. 200 - Funds for Gifted Children
Directs the state board to allocate an additional $1,192.90 per academically or intellectually gifted child for fiscal year 2011-2012 and $1...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Funding for Texas ChalleNGe Academy
H.B. 2247
From bill analysis: Establishes the eligibility of the adjutant general's department to receive Foundation School Program funding for studen...

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WAPartial Veto 06/2011P-12Finance
S.B. 5919
Modifies education funding provisions related to: (1) increased instructional hours in basic education; (2) funding formulas for per-student...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12State Education Finance Study Commission
H.B. 192 - State Education Finance Study Commission
Establishes the State Education Finance Study Commission to evaluate the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Formula and education funding for pub...

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KSSigned into law 05/2011P-12Special Education Finance
S.B. 111
Would change the starting date of the special education school finance formula that determines the minimum and maximum amount of special edu...

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MESigned into law 05/2011P-12School Closures/Annual Student Counts/Private Schools Annual Audit
H.P. 959
Exempts certain reformulated school administrative districts that did not operate a K-12 program from the requirement to maintain such a pro...

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MTPassed 05/2011P-12Interim Study of Performance-Based Funding for K-12
S.J.R. 28
A Joint resolution requesting an interim study of performance-based funding for K-12 education, the development of a performance-based fundi...

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NDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Funding Formula
S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Revises the funding formula: weighting factors related to English Language Learners, special education and isolated schools. Adds a middle s...

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NESigned into law 05/2011P-12Modifies Funding Formula
L.B. 235
Changes the formula which provides state aid to schools pursuant to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
(TEEOSA). See d...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12State Aid for Students in Online Courses
S.B. 141
The measure requires that state aid to districts for students in online courses be based upon the average daily membership of those students...

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TXAdopted 05/2011P-12Manual for Districts Subject to Wealth Equalization
19 TAC 62.1071
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes the repeal of and new s.62.1071, concerning the equalized wealth level. The section establishes pr...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Finance
S.B. 1256--ADM Calculation
Suspends the July 1, 2011 implementation of Laws 2010, Chapter 318, Section 11 which modified the method of calculating average daily member...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Finance
H.B. 2301
Removes the statutory restrictions on the use of Soft Capitol Allocation (SCA) monies. Allows, as session law, 50% of unemnumbered ECA credi...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Finance
S.B. 1184 -Finance Formula
Creates a formula for funding dual credit courses for eligible students from the overall budget determined by the legislature. Creates a for...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Revises Provisions Relating to Funding Determinations and Allocations, Dual Credits for Early Completers and Post Secondary Institutions' Operation of Public Charter Schools
H.B. 345
This legislation makes amendments to SB 1184 – the third bill in the Students Come First plan. These changes are as follows:

Additional rel...

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KSAdopted 03/2011P-12School Finance
S.B. 11
Allows Fort leavenworth Unified School Distrit 207 t0 transport grades 10 through 12 students who reside at Forth Leavenworth to Leavenworth...

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NESigned into law 03/2011P-12Allocation Provisions Relating to the Education Innovation Fund
L.B. 333
From the fiscal note: Repeals the section of statute requiring a student achievement coordinator at NDE. The
general fund savings from elimi...

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NYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Free- and Reduced-Price Lunch Calculation
S.B. 2808 - Part A, Sec. 25
Defines "three-year average free and reduced price lunch percent". Transitions calculation of lunch count to incorporate three-year average ...

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OHSigned into law 03/2011P-12Evidence-Based Funding Model
H.B. 30 - Evidence-Based Funding Model
Repeals references to the evidence-based school funding model (sections 3306.18, 3306.25, 3306.30, 3306.31, 3306.33, 3306.34, 3306.35, 3306....

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SDSigned into law 03/2011P-12School finance
S.B. 152
Revises certain provisions concerning state aid to education, to revise and provide for the adjustment of the per student allocation for the...

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WYSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Finance
H.B. 127
Relates to school finance; implementing 2010 recalibration modifications to the Wyoming education resource block grant model; eliminating su...

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NESigned into law 02/2011P-12Formula to Distribute State Aid
L.B. 18
Fiscal Note summary: LB 18 amends the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act (TEEOSA) which is the formula used to distribute ...

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UTSigned into law 02/2011P-12State At-Risk Funding
S.B. 1 - Section 53A-17a-164
Changes the method for distributing state at-risk funding. Repeals references to the at-risk flow through program and the homeless and disad...

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UTSigned into law 02/2011P-12Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program
S.B. 1 - Section 53A-17a-165
Repeals references to the gifted and talented program and the Advanced Placement program; creates new Enhancement for Accelerated Students P...

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- Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind May Establish Foundation
H.B. 415
Modifies the Public-Private Partnership for Education Excellence Act by authorizing the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind to establish a n...

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- Finance--Lotteries
ORSigned into law 07/2011P-12Finance
H.B. 5035
Maintains and reserves lottery revenues available to benefit public purposes during biennium beginning July 1, 2011, in Administrative Servi...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Lottery Funds for Education
H.B. 153 - Lottery Funds for Education
Directs the state lottery commission to promulgate rules on the type of notices that must appear on lottery tickets, including one that must...

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- Finance--Performance Funding
MTPassed 05/2011P-12Interim Study of Performance-Based Funding for K-12
S.J.R. 28
A Joint resolution requesting an interim study of performance-based funding for K-12 education, the development of a performance-based fundi...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Finance
S.B. 1184 -Finance Formula
Creates a formula for funding dual credit courses for eligible students from the overall budget determined by the legislature. Creates a for...

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- Finance--Private Giving
OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund
H.B. 1852
The measure creates the Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund to be used for grants to public classroom teachers. The State Board o...

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INSigned into law 04/2011P-12Special Education
H.B. 1341
Requires a school corporation, including a charter school, to expend a proportionate share of its state special education grant on providing...

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TNSigned into law 04/2011Postsec.Foundation Agreements
H.B. 306
Authorizes the University of Tennessee (UT) to designate foundations that have been established to support the University to receive private...

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- Finance--Resource Efficiency
TXAdopted 10/2011P-12Financial Accountability Ratings
19 TAC 109.1002
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes an amendment to s.109.1002, concerning the financial accountability rating system. The section est...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Process for Energy Service Companies Contracting with Maine Schools
H.P. 583
Removes provisions of law that allow school administrative units to use a process other than a competitive bid process in selecting energy s...

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MISigned into law 06/2011P-12Eliminates Certains Programs/Changes Pupil Count Day/District Transparency
H.B. 4325 - K-12 Provisions
From Legislative Staff Summary: Eliminates middle college grants and funding that provides districts additional funds for educating students...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12School and Teacher Paperwork Reduction Act
H.B. 720
Directs the state board of education (SBE) to streamline the paperwork process and to alleviate unnecessary, duplicative paperwork. Requires...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12School Calendar Pilot Program
H.B. 200 - School Calendar Pilot Program
Directs the state board to establish a school calendar pilot program in the Wilkes County Schools, the Montgomery County Schools, and the St...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Highly Efficient and Highly Effective Schools
H.B. 153 - Highly Efficient and Highly Effective Schools
Directs the department to develop standards for determining, from existing data, the amount of annual operating expenditures for classroom i...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12More Efficiency and Effectiveness
H.B. 153 - More Efficiency and Effectiveness
Directs the department of education to develop a system to rank all districts, community schools and STEM schools according to: (1) performa...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Collaboration, City and District Operations
S.B. 1602
Permits a city and a special school district with coterminous boundaries to specify by contract that city funding for the district shall be ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Cap on District Expenditures on Administration
S.B. 664
Changes the cap on school district expenditures. School districts with more than 1,500 average daily attendance must not spend more than 5% ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Task Force on Creating Administrative Efficiencies
S.B. 536
Creates the Task Force on Creating Administrative Efficiencies until November 30, 2011. The seven-member task force must examine ways to red...

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NYSigned into law 03/2011P-12District Management Efficiency Awards Program
S.B. 2808 - Part B, Sec. 1
Creates the district management efficiency awards program. Directs the commissioner of education to develop a plan, in consultation with the...

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- Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
CAVetoed 09/2011P-12
Postsec.
Budget Issues
S.B. 6
From bill summary: Requires the director of finance to meet specified requirements if he/she proposes to reduce an item of appropriation pur...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12Funds for Special Education Instruction
A.B. 108 - Special Education Funding
From bill summary: Amends the Budget Act of 2011 by reducing the amount of moneys appropriated from the general fund to the state department...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Study Cost of State-Mandated Special Education Requirements
H.B. 6103
Requires the Commissioner of Education to conduct a review of the cost of state-mandated special education requirements including, but not l...

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MESigned into law 07/2011P-12Act To Restore Equity in Education Funding
S.P. 395
Amends several provisions of the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act to more equitably allocate state funds that are appropriated fo...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12Certifying Decreases in State and Local Funding
S.B. 8 - Certifying Decreases in State and Local Funding
From bill summary: Requires the commissioner, not later than July 1 of each year, to determine for each school district whether the estimate...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Welfare Transition Trust Fund
S.B. 2162
Creates the Welfare Transition Trust Fund within the Department of Education (this trust fund is needed in order to implement the transfer o...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Earmark Accountability
H.B. 153 - Earmark Accountability
Provides that at the request of the superintendent of public instruction, any entity that receives a budget earmark under the department of ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
Uniform Reporting Requirements
S.B. 1292
Requires, beginning October 1, 2011, the Chief Financial Officer to conduct workshops with state agencies, local governments, educational en...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Expenditure Controls
H.B. 192 - Expenditure Controls
Extends for 2013-14 and 2014-15 schools years a provision waiving expenditure controls relating to direct instructional costs, media center ...

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NVVetoed 05/2011P-12Finance
A.B. 568
AN ACT relating to education; ensuring sufficient funding for K-12 public education for the 2011-2013 biennium; apportioning the State Distr...

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NMSigned into law 04/2011P-12Suspension of Specified Assessments
S.B. 360
Due to financial crisis, temporarily suspends requirements for districts to administer specified assessments for 2011-12. In addition, a stu...

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ORSigned into law 04/2011P-12School finance
S.B. 5552
Relating to state financial administration; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency. Effective 07/01/2011.
http://www.leg.state.or.u...

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ORSigned into law 04/2011P-12School Finance
S.B. 5553
Relating to state financial administration; appropriating money; declaring an emergency; and providing for transfer of moneys from the Educa...

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CASigned into law 03/2011P-12Shortening School Year by 5 Days
S.B. 70 - Sec. 46201.2
Extends through 2014-15 school year the provision allowing a school district, county office of education or charter school to shorten its in...

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CASigned into law 03/2011Community College
Postsec.
Community College Finance
S.B. 70 - Sec. 84043
Extends through the 2014-15 fiscal year a provision authorizing a community college district to use funds apportioned to the district for sp...

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NCBecame law without governor's signature 03/2011P-12Eliminates Statewide Standardized Testing Unless Required By the Feds
H.B. 48
Eliminates statewide standardized testing in the public schools, except as required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant. htt...

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NESigned into law 03/2011P-12Allocation Provisions Relating to the Education Innovation Fund
L.B. 333
From the fiscal note: Repeals the section of statute requiring a student achievement coordinator at NDE. The
general fund savings from elimi...

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- Finance--Student Fees
CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Prohibition for Pupil Fees for Participation in an Educational Activity
A.B. 165
From bill summary: Prohibits a public school pupil from being required to pay a pupil fee for participation in an educational activity, as s...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12Student Transportation Fee
S.B. 1 - Student Transportation Fee
Authorizes a board of trustees, under certain circumstances, to require payment of a reasonable fee for student transportation to and from s...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12Tuition Charge for Governor's School
H.B. 200 - Tuition Charge for Governor's School
Removes requirement that the state board implement a $500 tuition charge for students attending the Governor's School of North Carolina. Rep...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Student Fees for CTE Courses
H.B. 153 - Student Fees for CTE Courses
Permits districts to charge fees (including to low-income students) for any tools, equipment, and materials that are necessary for workforce...

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OHSigned into law 03/2011P-12All-Day Kindergarten
H.B. 30 - All-Day Kindergarten
Repeals provision requiring districts to provide all-day kindergarten to all students beginning in fiscal year 2011. Permits a district that...

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- Finance--Taxes/Revenues
NHSigned into law 07/2011P-12Tax Adjustments Tied to Local Education Grants
H.B. 622
Allows for the adjustment in the method of calculating the partial payment of taxes related to an increase or decrease in local education ta...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy
H.B. 153 - Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy
Establishes the procedure for a district to levy a property tax or income tax. Pages 752-757 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/Bil...

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COSigned into law 05/2011P-12Public Education Fund Tax Contribution
S.B. 109
Creates a voluntary contribution designation benefiting the Public Education Fund to appear on the state individual tax return forms. Allows...

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KSSigned into law 05/2011P-12Finance
H.B. 2015
Continues the statewide tax levy for funding public schools....

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MTSigned into law 05/2011P-12Revenues, Shared Services, Reporting
S.B. 329
Excerpts from the fiscal note: SB 329, as amended, increases the basic and per-ANB entitlements for K-12 public schools by 1.1% in FY 2012 a...

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NDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Funding Formula
S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Revises the funding formula: weighting factors related to English Language Learners, special education and isolated schools. Adds a middle s...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Taxation
S.B. 1263--Overrides
Increases the amount of local override funding that school districts would receive in FY 2012 and FY 2013 relative to current law by basing ...

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- Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund
H.B. 1852
The measure creates the Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund to be used for grants to public classroom teachers. The State Board o...

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- Governance
MISigned into law 12/2011P-12State School Aid Act
S.B. 691
Amends Section 25 of the State School Aid Act, which provides for adjustments in foundation allowance funding for pupils enrolled in alterna...

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OHSigned into law 12/2011P-12Educational Service Centers
H.B. 157 - Educational Service Centers
Provides that if the educational service center in which the territory of a local school district is located is dissolved under section 3311...

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ORTo governor 06/2011P-12Governance
S.B. 552
Designates Governor as Superintendent of Public Instruction. Requires Governor to appoint Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, and s...

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- Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
OHSigned into law 08/2011P-12Innovation Schools
H.B. 153 - Innovation Schools
Permits a school to apply to its district board to be designated as an innovation school. Requires an application to include numerous elemen...

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ILAdopted 07/2011P-12Appealing a Decision Regarding a Request for an Exemption
23 IL ADC 1.110
Establishes procedures under 105 ILCS 5/22-60 for a school district, private school or district resident to appeal to the state superintende...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools
H.B. 153 - Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools
Provides that for any building that is ranked in the lowest 5% of all public school buildings statewide for three consecutive years and is d...

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NJIssued 04/2011P-12Education Transformation Task Force
E.O. 58
Establishes the New Jersey Education Transformation Task Force. Charges the task force with reviewing all current administrative regulations...

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- Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Gifts to Board Members and Employees of Public Employees' Retirement System and State Teachers' Retirement System
S.B. 439
From bill summary: Prohibits any member of the board of, and any designated employee of, the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) or S...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Campaign Finance Reports for School Board Trustees and Candidates
H.B. 336
From fiscal analysis: Requires school districts located either wholly or partly in a city with a population of 500,000 or more, and with a s...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Professional Standards Commission
H.B. 285
Directs the Professional Standards Commission to revise its certification renewal rules to require, effective July 2015, demonstration of th...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Enforcement of Ethics Violations
H.B. 1952
Replaces prior policy on reporting of ethics violations for educators. Defines ethics violations, reporting requirements and disciplinary ac...

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- Governance--Mandates
NJIssued 04/2011P-12Education Transformation Task Force
E.O. 58
Establishes the New Jersey Education Transformation Task Force. Charges the task force with reviewing all current administrative regulations...

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NYIssued 01/2011P-12Establishing the Mandate Relief Redesign Team
E.O. 6
Establishes the Mandate Relief Redesign Team to look for ways to reduce the costs of mandated programs on schools and local governments by d...

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- Governance--School Boards
MISigned into law 11/2011P-12School Board Elections
S.B. 427
Revises references to the Election Law to bring into compliance with changes made by H.B. 4005 (more details in bill floor summary http://ww...

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MISigned into law 11/2011P-12School Board Elections
H.B. 4005
Effective January 1, 2012, requires school board elections to be held at the general November election (i.e., in November of even-numbered y...

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INSigned into law 07/2011P-12Selection of School Board Members
H.B. 1074
Beginning in 2012, school board members selected by election must be elected at general elections and take office the following January 1. P...

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LASigned into law 07/2011P-12School Board Member Leave Time
H.B. 454
Grants certain types of leave by a city, parish, or other local public school board; provides relative to the requirement that the board gra...

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12School boards; Interactive Technology
H.F. 26
Allows a school board to conduct meetings using interactive technology with an audio and visual link if the board complies with other requir...

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RISigned into law 07/2011P-12Collective Bargaining
S.B. 1062
Notwithstanding other provisions, requires that the power and duty to enter into collective bargaining agreements be vested in the
chief ex...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Budget Review/Gift Ban for School Board Members
H.B. 1255 - Sec. 6, 29
Removes the requirement that the commissioner of education review the budgets for school districts and Florida College System institutions. ...

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LAAdopted 06/2011P-12Substitute Teaching by School Board Members
H.C.R. 145
Urges and requests all members of city, parish, and other local public school boards to voluntarily substitute teach in a public elementary ...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Requires School Boards to Adopt Mission Statement
H.P. 321
Requires a school board to adopt a mission statement for every school under its jurisdiction. Provides that in developing and adopting a mis...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Permits Local Boards of Education to Jointly Establish Regional Schools
S.B. 125
Authorizes local boards of education to jointly establish a regional school to serve enrolled students in two or more local school districts...

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NHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Authorization for Special Board Meetings to Discuss Changes in Funding
H.B. 650
Authorizes a school district to call a special meeting to address changes in the amount of education funding to be received from the state. ...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Governance
S.B. 197
Removes the provisions creating the 10-member elected State Board of Education and provides for the election and appointment of members whos...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Temporary Absence, Board Members
H.B. 1909
Specifies that temporary absence of a member of a county board of education to serve in the military does not constitute a vacancy in office...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Campaign Finance Reports for School Board Trustees and Candidates
H.B. 336
From fiscal analysis: Requires school districts located either wholly or partly in a city with a population of 500,000 or more, and with a s...

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MDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Clarifies Requirements Under the Open Meetings Act
S.B. 644
Establishes a Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government within the General Assembly to provide continuing legislative oversight re...

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NHSigned into law 05/2011P-12Instructional Policies
H.B. 216
Requires school boards to establish the structure, accountability, advocacy, and delivery of instruction in each school operated and governe...

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NJSigned into law 05/2011P-12Board of Education Criminal Activity
A 444
Disqualifies member of board of education or member of charter school board of trustees for conviction of certain crimes and requires member...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Implementing Common Core State Standards
S.B. 383
To transition to and implement the Common Core State Standards, the State Board of Education may: (1) Modify curriculum and assessment requi...

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GASigned into law 04/2011P-12School Board Member Terms
S.B. 79
Provides that members of local boards of education must serve terms of no less than four years. Provides for a phase-in period and for excep...

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INSigned into law 04/2011P-12Lawsuits by School Corporations
S.B. 495
Prohibits the governing body of a school corporation from using funds received from the state to bring or join in an action against the stat...

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MTSigned into law 04/2011P-12School District Trustee Elections
H.B. 327
Modifies processes for school district trustee elections -- such as withdrawal of candidates, swearing in, board organization, etc.
http://d...

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KYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Campaign Contributions to School Board Candidates
H.B. 228
Increases the limit on campaign contributions to school board candidates from $100 for individuals and $200 for organizations to $1,000.
ht...

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MISigned into law 03/2011P-12Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act
H.B. 4214
Repeals the "Local Government Fiscal Responsibility Act", and creates the "Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act", ...

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MSSigned into law 03/2011P-12Funds to Nonprofit Foundations
H.B. 1227
Authorizes local school boards to disburse funds to a nonprofit foundation that exists to enhance the public educational experience and quai...

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MSSigned into law 03/2011P-12Purchase of Easements
H.B. 1126
Authorizes local school boards to purchase easements for access to 16th section lands. Prohibits the use of eminent domain by any local scho...

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MTSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Board Governance
H.B. 204
WHEREAS, if the boundaries of an elementary school district and a high school district do not coincide,
then high school additional trustees...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Secure Mandatory Testing: Exclusion of Students
H.B. 2077
Adds the act of excluding students from testing who are required to be assessed to the conditions under which the Board of Education may (i)...

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- Governance--School Boards--Training
ILSigned into law 06/2011P-12School Board Member Training
S.B. 7 - School Board Member Training
(Does not apply to Chicagp school board members.) Requires every school board member elected or appointed after the effective date of this a...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Training on Audit Procedures
H.B. 1708
Requires school district board members to obtain professional development concerning audit procedures. Defines scope and content of training...

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- Governance--Site-Based Management
CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Secondary School Reform Act Delay/Teacher Evaluations/Tenure/Student Governance Councils/6th Grade Student Success Plan
H.B. 6498
Secondary School Reform Act - Delays by two years the implementation of the secondary school reform requirements enacted in 2010 that: (1) I...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12District- and Campus-Level Planning and Decision-Making Committees
S.B. 778
Includes professional staff who educate students with disabilities on district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committee...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Empowerment schools
S.B. 196
Removes the restriction on the number of empowerment schools that may be established statewide and removes the prospective expiration of the...

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KYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Filling Principal and Personnel Vacancies
S.B. 12
Directs the superintendent, when a principal is filling a personnel vacancy at the school, to provide additional applicants to the principal...

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- Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
ILSigned into law 11/2011P-12Regional Offices, Regional Superintendents, Regional Assistant Superintendents
S.B. 2147
Permits payments into the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to be distributed to regional offices and officials for fiscal year 2012. P...

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CASigned into law 09/2011P-12Duties of Secretary of Education and State Board President
S.B. 942 - Duties of Secretary of Education
From bill summary: Eliminates the secretary of education's duties with regard to specified programs, including, among others, the Child Care...

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CASigned into law 09/2011P-12Office of the Governor
S.B. 940 - Office of the Governor
From bill summary: Requires reports submitted to the Legislature by the University of California, the California State University, the Offic...

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DESigned into law 07/2011P-12Data Collection and Usage by the Department of Education
H.B. 213
Provides that the Department of Education may conduct audits and evaluations, including studies for improving instruction and complying with...

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DESigned into law 07/2011P-12Child Care Provider Advisory Board
S.B. 132
Establishes a Provider Advisory Board which shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Office of Child Care Licensing with regard to adoptin...

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Integration Revenue Replacement Advisory Task Force
H.F. 26
(a) Directs the education commissioner to convene a 12-member advisory task force to develop recommendations for repurposing integration rev...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12
Postsec.
Staet Suplus or Salvage Property
S.B. 1
Amends various provisions regarding the disposal of state surplus or salvage property. Requires a state agency that determines it has surplu...

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DESigned into law 06/2011P-12Contract Nonrenewal Procedures for Department of Education Employees
H.B. 90
Amends the contract nonrenewal procedures and hearing procedures for Department of Education employees. Imposes a time limitation on employe...

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DESigned into law 06/2011P-12Board of Education Meetings Digitally Recorded
H.B. 26
Requires that all public meetings of the State Board of Education be digitally recorded and made available to the public on the Department o...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Creation and Transfer of Various State Agencies
S.B. 2156
Creates the Department of Economic Opportunity. Transfers the functions and trust funds of the Agency for Workforce Innovation to other agen...

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HIAdopted 06/2011P-12Review of State Board Bylaws and Policies
S.C.R. 79-11
Requests that the board of education undertake a two-year review of its bylaws and policies, as well as applicable sections of state statute...

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LAAdopted 06/2011P-12Study of State Superintendent Selection
S.C.R. 87
Urges and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a process by which to select a state superintendent of e...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Reduction of State Government
S.B. 593
Reduces the number of boards and commissions. Repeals: The Taskforce of School Based Management; The Taskforce on the Coordination of Childr...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12Single Department to Support Agency Operations
H.B. 200 - Single Department to Support Agency Operations
Directs the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations to study the feasibility of creating a single department to support stat...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12Department of Public Instruction Reorganization
H.B. 200 - Department of Public Instruction Reorganization
Permits the department of Public Instruction, after consultation with the Office of State Budget and Management and the Fiscal Research Divi...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Lobbyists for State Agencies and Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 153 - Lobbyists for State Agencies and Postsecondary Institutions
Prohibits a state agency or state institution of higher education from entering into a contract with a lobbyist for more than $50,000 in a c...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Exams for Classified Service
H.B. 153 - Exams for Classified Service
Requires an exam to be administered when a position in the classified service of the state is to be filled (provides exceptions). Authorizes...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Agency Purchases
H.B. 153 - Agency Purchases
Provides that upon the request of a state agency or the director of budget and management, the agency's controlling board may approve a purc...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Use of Volunteers at DOE
H.B. 153 - Use of Volunteers at DOE
Permits the department of education to utilize the services of volunteers to accomplish any of the purposes of the department. Directs the s...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Department of Education
H.B. 249
Extends the Sunset Law termination date for the department of education to June 30, 2013; requires the division of audit in the comptroller'...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Membership of Commissioner of Education and TEA on Committees, Task Forces, etc.
H.B. 3278
From fiscal analysis: Amends a number of statutory provisions relating to membership of the commissioner of education and the Texas Educatio...

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MDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Requires Posting of Various Paths Leading to Teacher Certification and Tenure
S.B. 687
Requires the state Department of Education to develop an informational form that lists and explains the various paths that can be taken in o...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
P-20 Council Task Force
S.B. 206
Creates until November 1, 2011, the P-20 Council Task Force. The 9- member task force must study the feasibility, value and structure of a P...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12State Board of Education Appointments
S.B. 435
Requires that upon assuming office, the governor must appoint one member from each congressional district and one member from the state at-l...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Oklahoma Innovation, Efficiency and Accountability Act of 2011
H.B. 1207
Multiple sections, including one new section that establishes the "State Government Conferences Web-based Transparency pilot program". Requi...

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AKSigned into law 04/2011P-12Education Board Annual Report
S.B. 1 - State Board Reporting to Legislature
Requires that the board present an annual report not later than the 30th legislative day of each regular session that describes the efforts ...

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MSSigned into law 04/2011P-12Mental Health and Teacher Shortage Committees
H.B. 1177
Creates the Joint Legislative and Paraprofessional Education and Mental Health Study Committee to examine, make recommendations and assist i...

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OKSigned into law 04/2011P-12Removes State Board as Governing Body for State Department
H.B. 2139
Expands the authority of state superintendent of public instruction to have control of and direct the State Department of Education. Modifi...

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HISigned into law 03/2011P-12Gubernatorial Appointment of State Board Members
S.B. 8
Implements the constitutional amendments to article X, section 2, of the Hawaii State Constitution that were adopted by the legislature and ...

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TNSigned into law 03/2011P-12State Board Scheduled to Terminate (Sunset) June 30, 2013
S.B. 161
Extends the termination date for the state board of education to June 30, 2013, and directs the division of state audit in the office of the...

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- Health
ALIssued 12/2011P-12HIV/AIDS Prevention Task Force
Executive Order 26
Establishes the HIV/AIDS Prevention Task Force. Includes the state superintendent of education or designee among the membership. Charges the...

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PASigned into law 11/2011P-12Safety in Youth Sports Act
S.B. 200
Establishes standards for managing concussions and traumatic brain injuries to student athletes. Requires the Departments of Education and ...

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ARAdopted Regulations 10/2011P-12Hearing Services Provider Manual
AR ADC 016.06.24-202.110; AR ADC 016.06.24-213.000; AR ADC 016.06.24-214.000; AR ADC 016.06.24-242.100, 110, 200, 310; AR ADC 016.06.35-500.000
Revises the Hearing Services provider policy manual to allow school districts and education service cooperatives (ESCs) to perform certain a...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Training Nonmedical School Employees to Provide Emergency Assistance to Students Suffering Seizures
S.B. 161
From bill summary: Until January 1, 2017, authorizes a school district, county office of education, or charter school to participate in a pr...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Concussions
A.B. 25
From bill summary: Requires a school district that elects to offer athletic programs to immediately remove from a school-sponsored athletic ...

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CASigned into law 08/2011P-12California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey
S.C.R. 18
From bill summary: States legislative intent to pursue every means necessary to ensure that the California School Climate, Health, and Learn...

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NYSigned into law 08/2011P-12Bedbug Infestation Notifications
A.B. 7259
Amends provisions related to notifications of bedbug infestations in New York City public schools. Adds guardians of potentially affected st...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12Conditional School Attendance in Absence of Pertussis Boosters
S.B. 614
Until June 30, 2012, allows a county office of education, district governing board or charter school governing body to allow a student in gr...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Data Collection Requirements/Charter Schools
S.B. 1039
State Education Resource Center - Clarifies the status of the State Education Resource Center as a nonstock corporation and nonprofit tax ex...

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ILSigned into law 07/2011P-12Concussions
H.B. 200
Directs each school board to adopt a policy on student athlete concussions and head injuries that is in compliance with the protocols, polic...

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MOSigned into law 07/2011P-12Concussions
H.B. 300
Establishes the High School Sports Brain Injury Prevention Act which requires school boards to work with the Missouri State High School Acti...

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RISigned into law 07/2011P-12Concussions
H.B. 5440 and S.B. 0291 A
Adds an annual refresher course to the initial course requirement for coaches and volunteers, and encourages districts to have
school nurse...

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ALSigned into law 06/2011P-12Concussions
H.B. 108
Requires the governing body of each sport or recreational organization to develop guidelines and other pertinent information to inform paren...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Authorizes School Districts To Restrict Smoking on District Property
S.B. 1430
Provides an exception to the state's preemption of smoking regulation to authorize district school boards to restrict smoking by persons on ...

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ILAdopted 06/2011P-12Recess in Schools Task Force
H.J.R. 4
Extends the date by which the Recess in Schools Task Force must submit its final report to December 31, 2011. http://www.ilga.gov/legislatio...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Comprehensive Sports Injury Management Program
H.B. 364
Creates a comprehensive sports injury management program related to the health and safety of students who participate in school-sanctioned a...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Concussions by Student Athletes
S.B. 189
Relates to concussions and head injuries suffered by student athletes, education requirements, removal of athletes from competition upon sus...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12National School Breakfast Program
S.B. 415
Requries funds appropriated for the school breakfast program to be used to provide school breakfasts at no cost to students of all grade lev...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Gfeller-Waller Concussion Awareness Act
H.B. 792
Provides that the required rules governing interscholastic athletic activities adopted by the State Board of Education must provide:

1. Tha...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Health
H.B. 153 - Health
Repeals requirement that the healthy choices for healthy children council assist the department of health in developing a list of resources ...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Definitions for Purposes of District Purchases
H.B. 153 - Definitions for Purposes of District Purchases
Repeals existing definition of "electronic textbook". Establishes new defintion of electronic textbook as any book or book substitute access...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Food Allergies
H.B. 742
Defines "severe food allergy". Requires that a district request, upon a student's enrollment, parental disclosure of a food allergy or sever...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Guidelines for the Care of Students with a Diagnosed Food Allergy at Risk for Anaphylaxis
S.B. 27
Directs local boards and charter schools to adopt and administer a policy for the care of students with a diagnosed food allergy at risk for...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Reporting Student Performance on Physical Fitness Assessment
S.B. 226
Amends provisions relating to reporting student performance on a physical fitness assessment instrument to the Texas Education Agency. http:...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Membership of Local School Health Advisory Council
S.B. 736
Authorizes a local board of trustees to appoint a representative of local domestic violence programs to the local school health advisory cou...

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AKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Concussions
H.B. 15
Relating to prevention and evaluation of and liability for concussions in student athletes. Sec. 14.30.142 is amended to read: The governing...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12Administering Auto-Injectable Epinephrine
H.B. 227
Permits a school to receive and store auto-injectable epinephrine on behalf of a student who is not able to self-administer the medication i...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Concussions
S.B. 93
Requires the department of education, in consultation with specified persons, to disseminate guidelines, information sheets, and forms to sc...

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MDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Requires Policies and Programs on the Risk of Concussions and Head Injuries
H.B. 858
Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and to implement a program to prov...

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MDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Concussions and Head Injury Awareness
S.B. 771
Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and implement a program to provide...

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NDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Health Curriculum Component on Sexual Health
H.B. 1229
Beginning July 1, 2012, each school district and nonpublic school is required to ensure that the portion of its health curriculum which is r...

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NEVetoed 05/2011P-12Blood Lead Testing
L.B. 204
Requires each student entering kindergarten on and after July 1, 2011, to have undergone blood lead testing after the age
of eighteen month...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Concussions
A.B. 455
Requires the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association and the board of trustees of each school district to adopt policies concerning th...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Defibrillators
H.B. 1633
Requires the first AED received by a school to be placed in a location that can be readily accessed, which may include those areas used for ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Physical Education
H.B. 9
Requires local education agencies (LEAs) to incorporate a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity each instructional day for elementary a...

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TXSigned into law 05/2011Postsec.Vaccination Against Bacterial Meningitis
S.B. 1107
Relates to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher edu...

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VTSigned into law 05/2011P-12Concussions
S.B. 100 - Sec. 39
This section defines and establishes the importance of avoiding and treating student concussions. Requires the development of statewide guid...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Athletic Trainers
H.B. 1743
Requires districts to develop procedures concerning student physical activity in its public schools that includes recognition and management...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Concussions
S.B. 1521
Requires school district governing boards to implement policies and procedures regarding concussions and head injuries of students participa...

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COSigned into law 04/2011P-12Physical Education/Activity Requirements
H.B. 1069
Requires districts and charter schools to adopt policies to incorporate time for physical activity into schedules for elementary students. S...

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IASigned into law 04/2011P-12Protecting Against Concussions and Brain Injuries
S.F. 367
Concerned with protecting students from concussions and other brain injuries. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/govbills/SF3...

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MSVetoed 04/2011P-12Influenza Vaccination Program
H.B. 868
Authorizes the state department of health to apply for federal grants and to provide an influenza vaccination school program for school-age ...

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NDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Concussions
S.B. 2281
Requires that all schools that sponsor or sanction athletic activities must adopt a concussion management program and outlines specific requ...

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ARTo Governor 03/2011P-12Administration of Glucagon
H.B. 1447
Provides that a licensed nurse employed by a school district or other healthcare professional shall annually train volunteer school personne...

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KYAdopted 03/2011P-12Students with Chronic Health Conditions
H.R. 187
Encourages the state department of education, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Education Association, and the Kentucky School Boa...

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SDSigned into law 03/2011P-12Concussions
S.B. 149
Establishes policies for youth athletes with concussions resulting from participation in youth athletic activities. The South Dakota High
Sc...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Student Sports Concussions
H.B. 204
Creates the "Protection of Athletes with Head Injuries Act". Includes public or private school in the definition of "amateur sports organiza...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Support for Increased Participation in Outdoor Activities
H.C.R. 7
Expresses support for increased participation by children in outdoor activities and support policies that promote outdoor activities for Uta...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Public School Vision Screening
S.B. 67
Extends the public school vision screening from age 7 to age 8. Authorizes the division of services for the blind and visually impaired (in ...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Health Requirements for Students
H.B. 2291
Allows licensed nurse practitioners, in addition to physicians, registered nurses or local health department employees, to immunize public s...

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WYSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Athletics Safety
S.F. 38
Requires the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a model protocol and to assist school districts in developing protocols f...

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VASigned into law 02/2011P-12Youth Health Risk Survey
S.B. 1094
Requires the Department of Health to develop and administer a random survey of students in public middle and high schools to facilitate plan...

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- Health--Child Abuse
ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
H.B. 2093
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Extends the list of persons required to report child abuse or neglect to include any ph...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Expands Required Reporting of Child Abuse of Neglect
H.B. 5431
Expands the state's "mandated reporter" law, which generally requires specified professionals to report to the Department of Children and Fa...

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MOSigned into law 07/2011P-12Child Protective Service
S.B. 54
Grants the Office of the Child Advocate the authority to file any findings or reports of the Child Advocate regarding the parent or child wi...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Sexual Abuse and Maltreatment of Children
S.B. 471
Requires district improvement plans to include provisions for the policy under Section 38.0041 addressing sexual abuse and other maltreatmen...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Training on Sexual Abuse and Child Molestation for Staff at Postsecondary Programs for Minors
S.B. 1414
Defines "campus program for minors" as a program operated by or on the campus of a public or private/independent institution of higher educa...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Monitoring Changes in Child Abuse Laws
S.B. 323
Requires districts to update school policies when a law regarding child abuse is amended or added to the Arkansas code. Requires board of di...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Training on Recognizing Child Abuse
S.B. 527
Requires districts to provide in-service training to licensed school personnel on the signs of child sexual abuse and other forms of child m...

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ILSigned into law 02/2011P-12Preventing Sexual Abuse of Children
S.B. 2843
Creates the Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children in the department of Children and Family Services. Includes the state s...

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- Health--Mental Health
CASigned into law 06/2011P-12Referral to Mental Health Services
A.B. 114 - Referral to Mental Health Services
From bill summary: Makes certain provisions authorizing referral, through a prescribed process, of a pupil suspected of needing mental healt...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Improving the Delivery of School Psychological Services to Children
S.P. 327
Changes the term "school psychological service provider" to "school psychologist" in state law regarding to school psychological services. R...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Students Served in Residential Mental Health
S.B. 1707
Requires a local board of education to allocate funding in an amount equal to the per pupil state and local funds received by the LEA to sta...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention of Youth Suicide
H.B. 1386 - Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention of Youth Suicide
Directs the department of public health, in coordination with the Texas Education Agency, to provide and annually update a list of best prac...

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MSSigned into law 04/2011P-12Mental Health and Teacher Shortage Committees
H.B. 1177
Creates the Joint Legislative and Paraprofessional Education and Mental Health Study Committee to examine, make recommendations and assist i...

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WASigned into law 04/2011P-12Relating to Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying and Suicide Prevention
H.B. 1163
Requires the offices of the education ombudsman and the superintendent of public instruction to convene a work group on school bullying and ...

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- Health--Nutrition
MOSigned into law 07/2011P-12Healthy Cafeteria Offerings
H.B. 344
Establishes the Farm-to-Table Advisory Board consisting of at least one representative from the University of
Missouri-Extension Service; th...

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DESigned into law 06/2011P-12School Lunch Trans Fat Regulation
H.B. 3
Prohibits public schools, including charter schools, and school districts from making available or serving food with more than 0.5 gram of a...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Act
S.B. 1312
Creates the Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Act. Transfers and reassigns functions and responsibilities, including records, personnel, pro...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Aligns State Food and Beverages Standards to Federal Standards
H.P. 398
Allows the Department of Education to adopt rules that are consistent with federal school nutrition standards for food and beverages sold or...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Establishes the Maine Farm and Fish to School Program
H.P. 1060
Establishes the Maine Farm and Fish to School Program to increase the purchasing by schools of food raised, grown or harvested by Maine farm...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Reducing Student Hunger
S.P. 265
Requires a public school in which at least 40% of the students qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch to implement a federally subsidized...

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NVVetoed 06/2011P-12School Breakfast Program
A.B. 137
Requires the implementation of a school breakfast program at certain public schools; requiring the Department of Education to report on the ...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Milk Sales During School Day
H.B. 153 - Milk Sales During School Day
In list of beverages that may be sold a la carte during the regular and extended school day, replaces specifics of quantity, types of, or ca...

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ILAdopted 05/2011P-12Kids Eat Right Initiative
S.R. 214
Urges localities, schools, non-profit organizations, businesses, other entities, and the people of Illinois to promote Kids Eat Right, an in...

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NMSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Breakfast Programs
S.B. 144
Requires districts and charter schools to establish free breakfast programs. Allows school breakfast service during instructional time.
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- Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
CASigned into law 07/2011P-12School-Based Health Centers
A.J.R. 10
From bill summary: Memorializes the legislature's support for the school-based health center program authorized by the federal Patient Prote...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12School Nurses
H.B. 200 - School Nurses
Directs the fiscal research division, in consultation with the department of public instruction and the department of health and human servi...

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OHSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Nurses
H.B. 30 - School Nurses
Repeals provision directing the superintendent of public instruction, when adopting expenditure and reporting standards, to include standard...

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- Health--Suicide Prevention
TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention of Youth Suicide
H.B. 1386 - Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention of Youth Suicide
Directs the department of public health, in coordination with the Texas Education Agency, to provide and annually update a list of best prac...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12Suicide Prevention Educational Resources
S.B. 2104
Eliminates language requiring the approval role of the Office of Drug Control for materials provided to school districts relating to suicide...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Suicide Prevention
S.B. 4
Allows a governing body to adjourn its schools to allow teachers to participate in a basic or inservice course of education and training on ...

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WASigned into law 04/2011P-12Relating to Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying and Suicide Prevention
H.B. 1163
Requires the offices of the education ombudsman and the superintendent of public instruction to convene a work group on school bullying and ...

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