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| WV | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Mathematics Content Standards and Objectives for West Virginia Schools
WV ADC s 126-44B-1, 2, 3, 4
Defines content standards and instructional goals and objectives for mathematics program of study, consistent with West Virginia's move to adopt the common core standards. Broadens scope of mathematics curriculum to include 21st century content standards and o...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Revising Academic Performance Index (API)
S.B. 1458
From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to develop and implement a specified program of school quality review to complement the Academic Performance Index (API), if an appropriation for this purpose is made in the annual budget a...
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| LA | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | Retesting Due to Testing Irregularity
LAC 28:CXI.312
Provides that where retests on an assessment required for accountability are available, LEAs may request that School Performance Score (SPS) calculations include retest results through a waiver request to the state board for accountability purposes. In such wa...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Allows BESE to Expend Certain Funds to Use Peer-Review Consultants
S.B. 635
Allows the state board to expend Louisiana Quality Education Support Fund monies to use peer-review consultants to review programs.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=812534...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Commission for Education Quality and Accountability
S.B. 1797
Creates Commission for Education, Instruction Quality and Accountability combining the Oklahoma Commission on Teacher Prep with the Office of Accountability. Authorizes commission to approve and accredit teacher education programs. Beginning July 1, 2013, the...
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting of school employee misconduct to the board of educational examiners.
H.F. 2383
Requires local boards, local or regional superintendents, directors of accredited nonpublic schools, etc. to report any disciplinary action for school employee misconduct to the board of educational examiners. Conduct to be reported includes the following: (a)...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Core Academic Standard Implementation
S.B. 293
Requires that the county board include in its goals to improve student academic achievement a description of how it plans to ensure and measure academic proficiency of students in core academic subjects at various points during the elementary and secondary edu...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Repealed - Office of Educational Accountability
H.F. 2949
Repealed statute which created and funded the Independent Office of Educational Accountability, which advised the legislative education committees on the degree to which the statewide educational accountability and reporting system included a comprehensive ass...
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | School Performance Accountability
S.B. 1458
Amends the existing school achievement profile phase-out to limit the time frame to the remainder of the academic year.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/summary/h.sb1458_03-26-12_astransmittedtogovernor.pdf...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Task Force on Accountable Schools (Section 22)
H.B. 4014
Establishes and sets membership for the Task Force on Accountable Schools to develop a plan to improve accountability practices for schools and make recommendations. The task force is to recommend:
(a) A new student summative assessment to be used in Oregon s...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Achievement Compact
S.B. 1581
Defines "education entity" as a school district, an education service district, a community college district or community college service district, the Oregon University System or public university thereof, and the health professions and graduate science progr...
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| MT | Adopted 10/2012 | P-12 | Accreditation, Including Teacher Evaluation
ARM 10.55.601-1003
Modifies accreditation. One modification deletes old section on teacher evaluation and replaces with new. Requires that evaluation system for licensed staff:
(i) be conducted at least annually for nontenure staff and on a regular schedule adopted by the distri...
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| MT | Adopted 10/2012 | P-12 | Assessment Required for Accrediation
ARM 10.56.101
Chapter 55 Accreditation Standards provide a framework to ensure the constitutional right of every Montana student to a basic system of free quality public
schools that develops the full educational potential of every student and that 1. recognizes the uniquen...
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| ID | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Rules Governing School Accreditation and Uniformity
ID ADC 08.02.02.140
All public secondary schools, serving any grade(s) 9-12, will be accredited. Accreditation is voluntary for elementary schools, grades K-8, and private and parochial schools.
Schools will develop continuous school improvement plans focused on the improvement ...
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Authorizes Consolidation of Low-Performing Schools and School Districts in Emergency Situations
S.B. 2737
Relating to low-performing schools and school districts: Provides that if a local school district violates accreditation standards determined to be the basis for immediate withdrawal of accreditation, there shall be a show cause hearing conducted by the commis...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Temporary Waiver for Certain Mandates
S.B. 1443
Extends the period during which schools cannot be penalized or denied accreditation for failure to comply with certain standards such as textbook adoption. Allows schools to not comply with certain education mandates for two more years --until June 30, 2013, a...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Creating a Process to Ensure all Schools can Participate in State Functions Such as Playoffs
S.B. 1301
Directs the state department of education to define and implement a process outlining secondary school accreditation requirements for the purpose of participation in
extra-curricular activities so as to remove current regulatory barriers to schools' ability to...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | High School Accreditation; Industry Certifications
H.B. 642/S.B. 514
Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations adjusting the formula for calculating the final high school accreditation status to add points for each student obtaining a diploma and certain industry certifications, state licensure, or occupational crede...
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| LA | Adopted 12/2012 | P-12 | Testing, Graduation Rates and Accountability
LAC 28:LXXXIII, Chapter 3, §§301, 302, 303, 307, Chapters 4, 5, 6
Reflects new policy as a result of the ESEA flexibility request approved for implementation by the U.S. Department of Education. For K-8 schools, the school performance score will consist of an assessment index (95%) and a dropout/credit accumulation index (5%...
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| AK | Adopted 11/2012 | P-12 | Repeals Performance Incentives, Modifies Growth and Proficiency Index
4 AAC 33.500-590
Repeals the Public School Performance Incentive Program, redefines the purpose of the public school growth and proficiency index, and alters the value number table used in calculating the index.
http://education.alaska.gov/regs/filed/4AAC_33.500.pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Accountability, Dropout Recovery High Schools
A.B. 1668
From bill summary: Changes the definition of a dropout recovery high school to mean a school offering instruction in any of grades 9-12 in which 50% or more of pupils are either designated as dropouts or left a school and were not otherwise enrolled in a schoo...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Revising Academic Performance Index (API)
S.B. 1458
From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to develop and implement a specified program of school quality review to complement the Academic Performance Index (API), if an appropriation for this purpose is made in the annual budget a...
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| LA | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | Accountability Measures
LAC 28:LXXXIII.409, 705, 707, and 3301
From Louisiana Register: Amends provisions in "Calculating a 9-12 Assessment Index." Provides detail on how incentive points will be earned for End-of-Course (EOC) tests taken during middle school. Provides detail on proficiency levels for the Annual Measurabl...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School and District Grading, School Awards, Funding Flexibility
H.B. 588
Establishes legislative findings. Directs the state superintendent of education to develop a school grading system for schools and districts, using an A, B, C, D, F framework. In developing the system, directs the superintendent to seek input from specified st...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School Performance Measures
S.B. 458
(Sec. 18) Revamps the education accountability law post-NCLB (renamed as the performance management and support plan), regarding identifying school districts in need of improvement and creates new categories of schools based on student performance on statewide...
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| LA | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Assessment System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.409, 515, 707, 3501, 3503, and 3507
From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Removes references in LAC 28:LXXXIII. §409 ("Calculating a 9-12 Assessment Index"), §515 ("State Assessments and Accountability"), §707 ("Safe Harbor"), and §3501 ("Alternative Schools," i.e., including alternative schools in ...
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| NM | Adopted 05/2012 | pre-K-12 | Grading of Public Schools
6.19.8 NMAC
Amends rule 6.19.8 NMAC 'Grading of Public Schools,' which was adopted on December 15, 2011 and implemented the 'A-B-C-D-F Schools Rating Act.' Defines "Supplemental accountability model" or "SAM" as any schools that qualify for a modified accountability calcu...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Advanced Placement Participation and Scores Included as Metrics
H.B. 2494
Specifies that participation and scores in Advanced Placement courses whether taught at a high school, technology center or regional site of the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics will be used to help determine the letter grade a school will receive th...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Accountability
S.B. 2208
Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement and achievement gap closure targets. Stipulates corrective action for LEAs that do not meet targets. Requires public rep...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Improvement and Education Accountability
H.B. 7127 - School Improvement and Education Accountability
Requires a school improvement plan to include strategies for improving student achievement if a school has a significant student achievement gap for one or more subgroups, has not significantly decreased the percentage of students scoring below satisfactory on...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School and School System Indicators of Quality, Report Cards
S.B. 410
Directs the office of student achievement to work in coordination to review, and revise as necessary, indicators of quality. Requires such review to be conducted annually, rather than biennially. Requires that school and school system indicators include financ...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Repealed - Office of Educational Accountability
H.F. 2949
Repealed statute which created and funded the Independent Office of Educational Accountability, which advised the legislative education committees on the degree to which the statewide educational accountability and reporting system included a comprehensive ass...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Quality Education Accountability Act
L.B. 870 - Multiple Measures Section
Provide for an accountability system to measure school performance under the Quality Education Accountability Act. Requires by August 1, 2012, that the state board establish an accountability system to measure the performance of schools and districts. Requires...
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Underperforming Schools
H.B. 2663
Enables a school that is assigned a letter grade of "D" for less than three consecutive years to also be assigned a letter grade of "F" if State Board of Education determines that it is not reasonably likely that the school will achieve an average level of per...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | State Accountability System
S.B. 25
Creates a new state accountability system for public elementary and secondary schools to hold public schools accountable for student achievement and ensure that all public schools make yearly progress.
Yearly progress will be measured by multiple indicators...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | High School Accreditation; Industry Certifications
H.B. 642/S.B. 514
Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations adjusting the formula for calculating the final high school accreditation status to add points for each student obtaining a diploma and certain industry certifications, state licensure, or occupational crede...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Accountability System
S.F. 57
Establishes indicators to measure student achievement and school-level performance. Stipulates that indicators will be used to create an overall school performance rating system. Details rewards and sanctions based on where schools are rated. Requires the stat...
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| LA | Adopted 12/2012 | P-12 | School Performance Categories
LAC 28:LXXXIII, Chapter 11, 13
Chapter 11, "School Performance Categories," provides that beginning with the release of 2012-2013 school accountability data, schools will receive A-F letter grades based on the school performance score (SPS) (§1101). Also calls for the identification of scho...
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| LA | Adopted 12/2012 | P-12 | State Annual Reporting
LAC 28:LXXXIII, §2901, Chapter 31
Amends requirements for board of elementary and secondary education's annual rep0orting on state progress in reaching Louisiana's 2014 goal.
Amends various provisions of Chapter 31, "Data Correction and Appeals/Waivers Procedure."
Pages 63-64 of 276: http:/...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Revising Academic Performance Index (API)
S.B. 1458
From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to develop and implement a specified program of school quality review to complement the Academic Performance Index (API), if an appropriation for this purpose is made in the annual budget a...
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Gifted Education
S.B. 599- Gifted Education
School districts must include in their annual school accountability report card whether the school district currently has a state-approved gifted education program and the percentage and number of students being served by the program. http://www.senate.mo.gov...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Report Card for Joint Vocational School Districts and Other Career-Technical Planning Districts
S.B. 316 - Report Card for Joint Vocational School Districts & Other Career-Technical Planning Districts
Defines "career-technical planning district". Directs the state board, in consultation with the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents, any office within the office of the governor concerning workforce development, the Ohio association of career and technical...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Public Accountability Report Card at Student Enrollment
S.B. 316 - Public Accountability Report Card at Student Enrollment
Provides that when a student enrolls in a school operated by a school district, a school official with responsibility for admissions must provide the student's parent, during the admissions process, with a copy of the most recent public accountability report c...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School and District Grading, School Awards, Funding Flexibility
H.B. 588
Establishes legislative findings. Directs the state superintendent of education to develop a school grading system for schools and districts, using an A, B, C, D, F framework. In developing the system, directs the superintendent to seek input from specified st...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Reporting School Rankings
H.B. 2622
Prohibits a school, charter school or school district from displaying a classification or ranking received from any public or private entity if the ranking or classification is no longer current, unless the date the classification or ranking was received is pr...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Department of Education Reporting on Website
S.B. 458
(Sec. 88) Requires SDE to annually make the following information available on its website: 1) the statewide performance management and accountability plan required by the amended school accountability law (§ 19); 2) a list of schools ranked from lowest to hig...
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Authorizes Consolidation of Low-Performing Schools and School Districts in Emergency Situations
S.B. 2737
Relating to low-performing schools and school districts: Provides that if a local school district violates accreditation standards determined to be the basis for immediate withdrawal of accreditation, there shall be a show cause hearing conducted by the commis...
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Changes School and District Accreditation Rating Terminology
S.B. 2776
Authorizes and directs the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to change the performance level terminology for schools and school districts to "A", "B", "C", "D" and "F" based on established benchmarks of student achievement and grow...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Accountability
S.B. 2208
Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement and achievement gap closure targets. Stipulates corrective action for LEAs that do not meet targets. Requires public rep...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Improvement and Education Accountability
H.B. 7127 - School Improvement and Education Accountability
Requires a school improvement plan to include strategies for improving student achievement if a school has a significant student achievement gap for one or more subgroups, has not significantly decreased the percentage of students scoring below satisfactory on...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School and School System Indicators of Quality, Report Cards
S.B. 410
Directs the office of student achievement to work in coordination to review, and revise as necessary, indicators of quality. Requires such review to be conducted annually, rather than biennially. Requires that school and school system indicators include financ...
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Underperforming Schools
H.B. 2663
Enables a school that is assigned a letter grade of "D" for less than three consecutive years to also be assigned a letter grade of "F" if State Board of Education determines that it is not reasonably likely that the school will achieve an average level of per...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Task Force on Accountable Schools (Section 22)
H.B. 4014
Establishes and sets membership for the Task Force on Accountable Schools to develop a plan to improve accountability practices for schools and make recommendations. The task force is to recommend:
(a) A new student summative assessment to be used in Oregon s...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Education Reporting Efficiency
H.B. 500
Directs the state board to determine how reporting requirements may be modified or eliminated to reduce the time district and charter school personnel spend in completing reports. Directs the state board to seek to eliminate redundancy in reporting information...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Accountability System
S.F. 57
Establishes indicators to measure student achievement and school-level performance. Stipulates that indicators will be used to create an overall school performance rating system. Details rewards and sanctions based on where schools are rated. Requires the stat...
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2012 | P-12 | State, District and School Report Cards
H.B. 605
Directs the state board of education, through the state superintendent of education, by October 31, 2013 and each October 31 thereafter, to prepare a state report card, district report cards and school report cards, and provide each district with its district ...
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| NM | Adopted 01/2012 | P-12 | Review of Public School Reporting Requirements
H.M. 13
Requests a work group to review the public school reporting requirements.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/memorials/house/HM013.pdf...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School and District Grading, School Awards, Funding Flexibility
H.B. 588
Establishes legislative findings. Directs the state superintendent of education to develop a school grading system for schools and districts, using an A, B, C, D, F framework. In developing the system, directs the superintendent to seek input from specified st...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School District Regulator Exemptions
H.B. 2599
Exempts school districts that have received a letter grade of "A" for three consecutive years and do not have any schools within the district that have received a letter grade of "F" during the same three-year period from certain statutes and rules; Allows a q...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Accountability
S.B. 2208
Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement and achievement gap closure targets. Stipulates corrective action for LEAs that do not meet targets. Requires public rep...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School and School System Indicators of Quality, Report Cards
S.B. 410
Directs the office of student achievement to work in coordination to review, and revise as necessary, indicators of quality. Requires such review to be conducted annually, rather than biennially. Requires that school and school system indicators include financ...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Achievement Grants
H.B. 706 - Achievement Grants
Repeals Section Section 20-2-253, relating to achievement grants to recognize schools and school systems with high achievement, high levels of improved achievement, or to raise the performance of low-performing schools. Page 6 of 11: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Le...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Accountability System
S.F. 57
Establishes indicators to measure student achievement and school-level performance. Stipulates that indicators will be used to create an overall school performance rating system. Details rewards and sanctions based on where schools are rated. Requires the stat...
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| LA | Adopted 12/2012 | P-12 | Sanctions for Low-Performing Schools
LAC 28:LXXXIII, Chapter 14, 16, 19, 23
Repeals §1401, §1403, §1405, which related to levels to, entry and movement in academic assistance. Amends §1601, "Entry into Academically Unacceptable School Status" and §1603, "Requirements for Academically Unacceptable Schools." Adds §1607, which requires a...
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| TX | Adopted 07/2012 | P-12 | Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1065, 1067
Section 97.1065 addresses provisions relating to repurposing, alternative management, or campus closure, including actions requested by parent petition or local board request for alternative to approach identified in parent petition. Section 97.1067 addresses ...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Parent Trigger in Columbus
S.B. 316 - Parent Trigger in Columbus
From final bill analysis: Specifies that the provisions of the "parent trigger" restructuring petition, under the Columbus pilot program, prevail over the general restructuring law for low-performing schools, if a district school becomes subject to both, unles...
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Authority of a Commonwealth Partnership School District
H.B. 1901 - Sec. 1704-B
Section 1704-B continues provisions of the Empowerment Act that were scheduled to expire June 30, 2012. A Commonwealth Partnership School District is authorized to: 1) cancel or renegotiate any contract, other than collective bargaining agreements, for the pur...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Low Performing Districts
S.B. 458
(Sec. 34) Defines an alliance district as a town whose school district is among those with the lowest academic performance as measured by a district performance index (DPI) the bill establishes. For FY 13, the bill requires the education commissioner to design...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Accountability
S.B. 2208
Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement and achievement gap closure targets. Stipulates corrective action for LEAs that do not meet targets. Requires public rep...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Transferring Low-performing School to Recovery District and Parent Petitions
H.B. 976
Allows for a public school to be transferred to the Recovery School District (RSD) if such transfer is approved by the state board of education and both of the following conditions are met: (1) Parents or legal guardians representing at least 51% of the studen...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Choice and Voucher Program
H.B. 976
Expands the current choice program, Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program, beyond schools in the New Orleans district to students statewide who meet eligibility requirements. Provides scholarships to eligible students to attend public and non...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | State Accountability System
S.B. 25
Creates a new state accountability system for public elementary and secondary schools to hold public schools accountable for student achievement and ensure that all public schools make yearly progress.
Yearly progress will be measured by multiple indicators...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Accountability System
S.F. 57
Establishes indicators to measure student achievement and school-level performance. Stipulates that indicators will be used to create an overall school performance rating system. Details rewards and sanctions based on where schools are rated. Requires the stat...
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | No Pass/No Drive Reporting
S.B. 882
Requires the department of safety to report annually to the senate and house education committees the number of students whose driver licenses were denied or suspended for failure to make satisfactory academic progress. Directs the department of safety also to...
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Inglewood Unified School District Takeover and Emergency Loan
S.B. 533
From bill summary: Expresses legislative intent to provide emergency apportionment assistance to the Inglewood Unified School District. Requires the state superintendent to assume all the rights, duties, and powers of the governing board of the Inglewood Unifi...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Districts Receiving Emergency Apportionments
A.B. 2279
Amends conditions under which a trustee and necessary staff appointed to a district receiving an emergency apportionment must serve (a trustee must be appointed to a district by the superintendent of public instruction if the district board requests an emergen...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | State Superintendent Reassuming Rights, Duties, Powers of Insolvent District
A.B. 2662 - State Superintendent Reassuming Rights, Duties, Powers of Insolvent District
From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to reassume the rights, duties, and powers of a district receiving an emergency apportionment during the period of the trustee's appointment and when specified improvement plans are violate...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Accountability
S.B. 2208
Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement and achievement gap closure targets. Stipulates corrective action for LEAs that do not meet targets. Requires public rep...
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Evaluation of Appointed Administrator for Emergency Apportionment District
A.B. 2278
From bill summary: Authorizes the governing board of a qualifying district, after one complete fiscal year has elapsed following the district's acceptance of an emergency apportionment, to conduct an annual advisory evaluation of the administrator appointed by...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | School Improvement Plans and Trend Data Reports
S.B. 309
Provides relative to certain requirements for educational improvement plans. Removes certain requirements related to school improvement plans. Requires the department of education to provide trend data reports to the governing authority of each public school. ...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Technical Assistance to Districts
S.B. 494 - Technical Assistance to Districts
Section 1: Requires that the department establish a program of technical assistance for local public school systems (previous language offered assistance to parish and municipal school systems). Requires that technical assistance on teacher selection provide i...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | School Improvement Plans
H.B. 2306
Requires that school district alternative education plans be included in the school improvement plans school districts must adopt every six years. School districts with one or more school sites on the needs improvement list must submit school improvement and c...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Use of Specified At-Risk Funds
S.B. 318 - Use of Specified At-Risk Funds
From K-12 appropriations bill: Specifies that funds appropriated to the Governor's Local School and School System Academic and Financial Improvement Program are to be used for specified purposes, including to employ personnel under short-term contracts to prov...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School Improvement Efforts
S.B. 458
(Sec. 19) Establishes the education commissioner's network of schools to improve the student academic achievement in low-performing schools and establishes steps the commissioner, district turnaround committees, and local and regional boards of education must ...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | K-2 Assessment
S.B. 3155
Requires standardized testing of K-2 students in low-performing schools to determine how to best target student learning needs and assess whether any learning disparities exist.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3155.pdf...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Reading Instruction
H.B. 5101 - Reading Instruction
For the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years, requires each district with one or more of the 100 lowest-performing elementary schools based on the state reading assessment to use specified funds to provide intensive reading instruction during an additional hour of...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Improvement and Education Accountability
H.B. 7127 - School Improvement and Education Accountability
Requires a school improvement plan to include strategies for improving student achievement if a school has a significant student achievement gap for one or more subgroups, has not significantly decreased the percentage of students scoring below satisfactory on...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Achievement Grants
H.B. 706 - Achievement Grants
Repeals Section Section 20-2-253, relating to achievement grants to recognize schools and school systems with high achievement, high levels of improved achievement, or to raise the performance of low-performing schools. Page 6 of 11: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Le...
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Contract for Excellence
A.B. 9057 - Contract for Excellence
Part A, Section 2: Requires a district that submitted a contract for excellence for the 2011-12 school year, unless all schools in the district are identified as in good standing, to submit a contract for excellence for the 2012-13 school year that must provid...
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| TX | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | Service Provider Contracts for Adult Education Programs
19 TAC 89.1301
Establishes a competitive procurement process for adult education service providers in accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC), s.29.2535, as added by Senate Bill (SB) 1, 82nd Texas Legislature, First Called Session, 2011. Pages 13-16 of 28: http://www....
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| LA | Passed 05/2012 | P-12 | Granting a High School Diploma to Adult Education Program Completers
H.C.R. 95
Urges and requests the board of supervisors of community and technical colleges and the state board of elementary and secondary education jointly to study the feasibility of granting a Louisiana high school diploma to successful completers of adult education p...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Funding for ABE and K-12 Education Student
H.B. 5201 - Funding for ABE and K-12 Education Student
From final bill analysis: Provides that a full-time student, co-enrolled in a K-12 education program and an adult general education program, may be reported for funding for two courses per year in an adult education program in Fiscal Year 2012-2013. Limits enr...
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| ME | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | An Act To Enhance Career Pathways for Adult Learners
S.P. 617
Revises the definition of "adult education" by describing what services must be offered in order to receive state subsidy. Establishes career pathways services as part of adult education, removes provisions concerning adult career and technical education class...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2012 | Community College | Collaboration Between Public School and Higher Education Systems to Promote Seamless Curricula
S.B. 436
Authorizes a program of adult basic education at each state community and technical college campus where developmental education services are provided. This approach to providing adult basic education links the programs students study under with developmental ...
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| MT | Adopted 10/2012 | P-12 | Assessment Required for Accrediation
ARM 10.56.101
Chapter 55 Accreditation Standards provide a framework to ensure the constitutional right of every Montana student to a basic system of free quality public
schools that develops the full educational potential of every student and that 1. recognizes the uniquen...
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| LA | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | Retesting Due to Testing Irregularity
LAC 28:CXI.312
Provides that where retests on an assessment required for accountability are available, LEAs may request that School Performance Score (SPS) calculations include retest results through a waiver request to the state board for accountability purposes. In such wa...
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Common Core Assessments
H.B. 1240 (section 58)
Indicates that Colorado will participate as a governing board member, at least until January 2014, in the consortium of states that are developing and will implement assessments that support the Common Core State Standards. The state board is encouraged to con...
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Kindergarten Readiness Assessment
H.B. 317
Provides that the Department of Education establish a statewide readiness tool that will review a child's readiness for learning when they enter kindergarten. The tool will be phased in starting in Fall 2012 with statewide implementation no later than Fall 201...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Common Core and State Assessment Scoring Ranges
S.B. 316 - Common Core and State Assessment Scoring Ranges
By December 31, 2013, directs the state board to submit recommended scoring ranges on the state English language arts assessments (including on 3rd grade ELA assessment to be promoted to 4th grade) and Ohio graduation tests necessary to successfully implement ...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Scores on State Assessments, Including OGT
S.B. 316 - Scores on State Assessments, Including OGT
Directs the department or a contractor responsible for scoring of assessments to send each district board a list of the individual scores of all persons taking any of specified state assessments within 75 days of assessment administration; requires that scores...
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Keystone Exam
H.B. 1901- Sections 102, 121
Defines "Keystone Exam" as "An assessment developed or caused to be developed by the Department of Education pursuant to 22 Pa. Code § 4.51(f) (relating to State assessment system)." Requires that, subject to annual appropriation and by the 2020-2021 school ye...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | High School Early Assessment and Intervention
H.B. 1345 (sections 13 to 15)
Allows districts and charter schools to administer to 9th-12th-grade students the basic skills placement or assessment tests that are used for first-time college freshmen. Districts can administer the test as often as necessary, but the state education departm...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Assessment of Student Progress on Core Academic Indicators
S.F. 2284 - Division II
Directs the state board to specify the approved district-wide assessments measuring student progress on core academic indicators in any rule adopted by the state board associated with the core academic indicators. The district assessment specified by state boa...
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Student Assessment and Statewide Standards
H.B. 707
Relates to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program and the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program. Provides greater clarity to the definition of state content standards. Indicates that criterion-referenced tests will be replaced by standards-based a...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Student Achievement - Core Content Areas
H.B. 1227
Requires the county board to include in its master plan to improve student achievement a description of how it plans to ensure and measure academic proficiency in specified core academic subjects for students. Adds social studies and science to list of core ac...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Task Force on Accountable Schools (Section 22)
H.B. 4014
Establishes and sets membership for the Task Force on Accountable Schools to develop a plan to improve accountability practices for schools and make recommendations. The task force is to recommend:
(a) A new student summative assessment to be used in Oregon s...
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| NM | Adopted 02/2012 | P-12 | Study of Costs of All School Assessments
S.M. 73
Requests an analysis of the cost, both in instructional time and money, of all assessments of New Mexico students, including proposed assessments related to common core state standards.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/memorials/senate/SM073.pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Exit Exam and Students with Disabilities
A.B. 1705
Delays until Class of 2016 the implementation of alternative means for students with disabilites to demonstrate achievement of standards as required for high school exit exam (i.e., extends exemption of students with disabilities from exit exam requirement). A...
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| TX | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Implementation of Testing Program
19 TAC 101.3001, 3003, 3011, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024
From Texas Register: Repeals §101.3001 and §101.3003 and adopts new §§101.3011 and 101.3021-101.3024, concerning implementation of testing program.
Adopted new 101.3011, Implementation and Administration of Academic Content Area Assessment Instruments, retai...
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| CA | Adopted 04/2012 | P-12 | CAHSEE Alternative Means
5 CA ADC 1216.1
Adopts emergency regulation to extend to January 1, 2013 deadline for state board to implement regulations providing for an "alternative means" high school exit examination for students with disabilities. Pages 20-21 of 28: http://www.oal.ca.gov/res/docs/pdf/n...
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| DC | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Postsecondary Preparation Plan Act of 2012, Title II
Bill 19-648
Beginning with the graduating class of 2014, the Mayor will ensure that each high school student applies to at least one
postsecondary institution before graduation and participates in a program designed to provide students with information on
applying to an...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Assessment System
S.F. 57
Creates an integrated district and statewide assessment system. Requires state superintendent to establish a program for administering a standardized computer-adaptive college placement and job skills assessment to all students in grades 11 and 12. Finds that ...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Online Learning
S.B. 289 - Online Learning
Directs the state board to establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students, beginning with students entering ninth grade in the 2014-2015 school year (Class of 2018), who complete at least one course containing online learning through (1) an...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Assessment System
S.F. 57
Creates an integrated district and statewide assessment system. Requires state superintendent to establish a program for administering a standardized computer-adaptive college placement and job skills assessment to all students in grades 11 and 12. Finds that ...
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| TX | Adopted 08/2012 | P-12 | Implementation of the Academic Content Areas Testing Program
19 TAC 101.3004, 3041
Provides that the commissioner of education is responsible for determining the level of performance considered to be satisfactory on the assessment instruments. Identifies the performance standards established by the commissioner for state-developed assessment...
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Keystone Exam
H.B. 1901- Sections 102, 121
Defines "Keystone Exam" as "An assessment developed or caused to be developed by the Department of Education pursuant to 22 Pa. Code § 4.51(f) (relating to State assessment system)." Requires that, subject to annual appropriation and by the 2020-2021 school ye...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Online Learning
S.B. 289 - Online Learning
Directs the state board to establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students, beginning with students entering ninth grade in the 2014-2015 school year (Class of 2018), who complete at least one course containing online learning through (1) an...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Student Achievement - Core Content Areas
H.B. 1227
Requires the county board to include in its master plan to improve student achievement a description of how it plans to ensure and measure academic proficiency in specified core academic subjects for students. Adds social studies and science to list of core ac...
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| TX | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Implementation of Testing Program
19 TAC 101.3001, 3003, 3011, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024
From Texas Register: Repeals §101.3001 and §101.3003 and adopts new §§101.3011 and 101.3021-101.3024, concerning implementation of testing program.
Adopted new 101.3011, Implementation and Administration of Academic Content Area Assessment Instruments, retai...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | End-of-Course Assessments
H.B. 7127 - End-of-Course Assessments
Provides that students enrolled in an Algebra I, geometry, or Biology I course or an equivalent course with a statewide, standardized end-of-course assessment are not required to take the corresponding grade-level FCAT assessment. Pages 12-13 of 48: http://myf...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Core Academic Standard Implementation
S.B. 293
Requires that the county board include in its goals to improve student academic achievement a description of how it plans to ensure and measure academic proficiency of students in core academic subjects at various points during the elementary and secondary edu...
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| AR | Adopted 02/2012 | P-12 | End-of-course Assessments and Remediation
AR ADC 005.15.21-1.0 to AR ADC 005.15.21-8.0
Requires all public school students to participate in the statewide program of educational assessments, including general end-of-course assessments. Provides that students may not get credit for courses with end-of-course exams without obtaining the requisite ...
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Student Assessment and Statewide Standards
H.B. 707
Relates to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program and the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program. Provides greater clarity to the definition of state content standards. Indicates that criterion-referenced tests will be replaced by standards-based a...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Accountability, Dropout Recovery High Schools
A.B. 1668
From bill summary: Changes the definition of a dropout recovery high school to mean a school offering instruction in any of grades 9-12 in which 50% or more of pupils are either designated as dropouts or left a school and were not otherwise enrolled in a schoo...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Commission for High School Graduation Achievement and Success
S.B. 3259
Creates the Commission for High School Graduation Achievement and Success to study the issue of high school graduation in the state. Directs the commission to study:
(1) Illinois graduation rates
(2) the mandatory attendance age
(3) alternative educational pro...
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| MA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Student Access to Educational Services and Exclusion from School
H.B. 4332
Requires districts to continue to provide educational services to students who have been suspended or expelled. Requires principals to ensure that students who are suspended from school for 10 or fewer consecutive days, whether in or out of school, shall have ...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | At-Risk Students
S.B. 318 - At-Risk Students
From K-12 appropriations bill: Permits at-risk funds to be used for student programs to improve the efficiency and utilization of technology-based resources in the classroom. Provides that appropriation to the at-risk student program includes $750,000 appropri...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Community College | Funding For Dropout Recovery Programs
H.B. 1146
The bill authorizes a community college to agree with a local education provider to create a dropout recovery program through which a student who has dropped out of high school or who is at risk of dropping out of high school can concurrently enroll in the com...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Returning Dropouts and Dropout Prevention
S.F. 451
Established that appropriate uses of funding include, but are not limited to: a. Salary and benefits for instructional staff, instructional support staff, and school-based youth services staff who are working with students who are participating in dropout prev...
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| DC | To mayor 04/2012 | P-12 | Early Warning and Support System Act of 2012, Title I
Bill 19-648
Establishes a pilot early warning and support system to track how individual students in grades 4 through 9 in 4 feeder school groups
are performing on certain indicators of high school and college readiness. The system is supposed to identify students who are...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Funding for ABE and K-12 Education Student
H.B. 5201 - Funding for ABE and K-12 Education Student
From final bill analysis: Provides that a full-time student, co-enrolled in a K-12 education program and an adult general education program, may be reported for funding for two courses per year in an adult education program in Fiscal Year 2012-2013. Limits enr...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Career Pathways
S.B. 38 - Career Pathways
Sections 1-2: Establishes legislative intent to provide rigorous academic and career and technical education programs that are relevant for all students and that encourage at-risk students to graduate from high school prepared to enter postsecondary education ...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Student Dropout Prevention Programs
S.B. 2454
Provides that each school district is responsible for student dropout prevention programs and that the office of dropout prevention in the state department of education shall provide technical assistance to the local school districts upon request.
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Dropout Recovery Programs
S.B. 1168
Provides that a provider of online instruction may not also operate a dropout recovery program pursuant of this section. Requires that monthly participation of dropout recovery programs must be reported to the Department of Education at the same time as other ...
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Interventions For Middle School Students
H.B. 1013
The bill directs districts to consider adopting procedures by which the schools use available data to identify and provide intervention services to students in grades 6 through 9 who are exhibiting behaviors that indicate the students are at increased risk of ...
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| KS | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | High School Alternative Completion Plan
H.B. 2477
Defines "Educational Alternatives," including an alternative learning plan, that are available to students aged 16 or 17 who have withdrawn from school. The alternative learning plan would identify educational programs located in the area where the student res...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Early Childhood and Youth Councils
H.B. 4165
Revises the purpose of the Early Learning Council to ensuring that children enter school ready to learn, determines responsibilities, membership and term limits and establishes the Early Learning Council Fund. Requires that the Early Learning Council implement...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Study of Programs/Initiatives to Assist Students At Risk of Academic Failure
S.B. 151
Directs the education interim committee to conduct a study of programs and initiatives to assist students at risk of academic failure, including a study of:
(1) The Carson Smith Scholarships for Students with Special Needs program to determine whether program...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Enhanced Kindergarten Program for At-Risk Students
H.B. 513
Creates an early intervention program to provide funds for applicant school districts and charter schools to offer an enhanced kindergarten program targeted to at-risk students, focused on building age-appropriate literacy and numeracy skills using an evidence...
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Contracts to Second Chance Partners for Education and Other Nonprofit Corporations
S.B. 361
An Act to renumber and amend 115.28. Allows school boards to contract with the Second Chance Partners for Education or any other nonprofit that operates a program in which disengaged pupils participate in work-based learning programs while earning high school ...
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| LA | Adopted 07/2012 | P-12 | Approval for Alternative Schools or Programs
LAC 28:CXV.2903
From July 2012 Louisiana Register: This policy revision, related to approval for alternative schools or programs, will ensure that LEAs comply with prescribed polices and standards for approval of alternative schools and programs. Revisions include: (1) establ...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Alternative Education
H.B. 1209
Transfers responsibility for placing a student in alternative school or alternative educational placement from local board to local superintendent. Removes certain exceptions to requirement that a suspended or expelled student remain under the suspending or ex...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Youth Challenge Program
H.B. 662
Amends existing law to provide for federal funds and state funding, to provide that the school district where the Youth Challenge Program is located may take steps to have the Youth Challenge Program be considered and designated as an alternative secondary sch...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Assignment of Certified or Classified Staff to Alternative Education Programs
H.B. 168
Defines "alternative education program." Prohibits a superintendent from assigning an employee to an alternative education program in the disposition of any disciplinary action involving the employee, or as part of a corrective action plan established pursuant...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 362
Raises from 16 to 17 the maximum age at which children are required to attend a public school regularly during the entire school year, subject to specified exceptions. To take effect July 1, 2015. Raises the maximum age from 17 to 18, with specified exception ...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Nonpublic Alternative High Schools Accreditation
S.B. 283
Requires the department of education to waive accreditation standards for an accredited nonpublic alternative high school that contracts with a school corporation to provide alternative education services for students who: (1) have dropped out of high school; ...
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| NJ | Signed into law 12/2012 | P-12 | Student Absences
A.B. 1902
Requires parent or guardian to notify school administrators if pupil will be absent. Requires school to notify parent in event of unexcused pupil absence.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/PL12/74_.PDF...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Enrollment/Readmission of Student with Previous Contact with Juvenile Justice System
S.B. 1088
Prohibits a public school from denying enrollment or readmission to a pupil solely on the basis that he/she has had contact with the juvenile justice system. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1088_bill_20120919_chaptered.pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Residency Requirements for Foster Children
A.B. 1573
Provides a pupil who is a foster child who remains in his/her school of origin has met the residency requirements for school attendance (pre-existing requirements provided a student who is a foster child meets residency requirements if the student attends a sc...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Residency for Children of Divorced Parents
H.B. 1325
Revises the legal residency requirements for purposes of school attendance for children of divorced parents and children whose parents share decision making responsibility pursuant to a parenting plan.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1325.ht...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Public Accountability Report Card at Student Enrollment
S.B. 316 - Public Accountability Report Card at Student Enrollment
Provides that when a student enrolls in a school operated by a school district, a school official with responsibility for admissions must provide the student's parent, during the admissions process, with a copy of the most recent public accountability report c...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Average Daily Membership
S.B. 1456
Limits the window during which the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) can conduct Average Daily Membership (ADM) audits to three years from the time the monitoring or audit activity begins; Allows ADE to adjust funding for a school district or charter schoo...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Attendance Records, Unexcused Absences
H.B. 39
Requires that declarations of intent and attendance records for home study programs be submitted to the department of education rather than local school superintendents; authorizes department to provide for electronic submittal of such records. Provides that n...
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| IL | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | School Success Task Force Extended
H.J.R. 67
Extends the School Success Task Force established during the 96th General Assembly and adds a member to the Task Force representing City of Chicago School District 299. Directs the School Success Task Force to submit a report before December 31, 2012. http://w...
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| LA | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Louisiana Seat Time Waiver
LAC 28:CXV.907 and 1103
Amends §907, "Secondary Class Times and Carnegie Credit," and §1103, "Compulsory Attendance" to accommodate the newly developed Louisiana Seat Time Waiver (LSTW). §907 permits districts to submit applications to the department of education for a waiver of the ...
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| MA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 2254
Provides definitions of military terms and provides that this legislation applies to active duty members of the uniformed services, members or veterans of the uniformed services who are severely injured and medically discharged or retired for a period of 1 yea...
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| VA | Vetoed 05/2012 | P-12 | Public Schools; Residency of Children in Kinship Care
S.B. 217
Allows a child receiving kinship care from a close relative to enroll in the school division where the kinship care provider resides. The bill also allows local school divisions to require one legal parent and the kinship care provider to sign affidavits detai...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 227
Adopts the "Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children." Provides for the purpose and policy of the compact. Provides for student educational records and enrollment, placement and attendance, eligibility, graduation, and state coordina...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Age for Kindergarten or First Grade Entry for Children Moving from Abroad
H.B. 706 - Age for Kindergarten or First Grade Entry for Children Moving from Abroad
Clarifies that provisions for child's entry into kindergarten and 1st grade for a child who was a legal resident of one or more states two years immediately prior to moving to Georgia also apply to children residing in one or more countries two years immediate...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Residency Determination for Homeless Students
H.F. 2949
Provides clarification on the district of residence for a homeless pupil, such that the pupil resides in the district where the parent or guardian resides unless parental rights have been terminated, the parent lives out of state or is an inmate at a correctio...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Compulsory Attendance
L.B. 996
Changes provisions relating to compulsory attendance. Retains upper age of 16 but lays out an explicit process and requirements for early withdrawal by a parent.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB996.pdf...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Interstate Compact on Students of Military Families
S.F. 78
Provides for an interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. Facilitates enrollment and placement of children of military families.
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2012/Enroll/SF0078.pdf...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Commission for High School Graduation Achievement and Success
S.B. 3259
Creates the Commission for High School Graduation Achievement and Success to study the issue of high school graduation in the state. Directs the commission to study:
(1) Illinois graduation rates
(2) the mandatory attendance age
(3) alternative educational pro...
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| LA | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Compulsory Attendance
LAC 28:CXV.1103
Amends compulsory attendance provisions. Permits the parent/guardian of a student who is at least 16 but not 18 to request a waiver from the local superintendent for that student to exit school to enroll in an
adult education program approved by the Louisiana ...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Reducing Minimum Compulsory School Age
S.B. 28
Lowers the minimum age at which children are required to attend public school from seven to six years of age....
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Kindergarten Requirement
S.F. 2284 - Division XIII
This section requires that a student who is enrolled in a district and is age 5 by 9/15 be considered of compulsory attendance age unless the parent files in writing an intent to remove the child from school. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/g...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Administration and Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Laws
H.B. 706 - Administration and Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Laws
Clarifies that responsibility for administration and enforcement of compulsory attendance laws is the duty of the state department of education as well as local systems (previous legislation referred only to duty of local systems). Places responsibility for r...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Entrance and Lower Compusory School Ages
S.B. 24
Amends school entrance ages and compulsory school ages. Effective with the 2017-18 school year, kindergarten entrance age is 5 by August 1 and lower compulsory school age is 6 by August 1 (previous date for both was October 1). Directs local boards to adopt po...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 362
Raises from 16 to 17 the maximum age at which children are required to attend a public school regularly during the entire school year, subject to specified exceptions. To take effect July 1, 2015. Raises the maximum age from 17 to 18, with specified exception ...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Compulsory Attendance
L.B. 996
Changes provisions relating to compulsory attendance. Retains upper age of 16 but lays out an explicit process and requirements for early withdrawal by a parent.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB996.pdf...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Attendance - Early Grades
H.B. 4014
Provides that all children ages 5 or 6 enrolled in a public school are required to attend regularly. (sec. 13)
http://www.leg.state.or.us/12reg/measpdf/hb4000.dir/hb4014.en.pdf...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Kindergarten Age
H.B. 2566
Sets kindergarten entrance age. Children entering kindergarten shall be five years of age on or before August 31 for the 2013-2014 school year and on or before August 15 for all school years thereafter.
http://state.tn.us/sos/acts/107/pub/pc0991.pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Truancy
A.B. 2616
From bill summary: Identifies specific reasons that constitute a valid excuse for which a pupil may be absent from school for purposes of being classified as a truant. Revises certain penalties resulting from the issuance of specified truancy reports, and spec...
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| MA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Student Access to Educational Services and Exclusion from School
H.B. 4332
Requires districts to continue to provide educational services to students who have been suspended or expelled. Requires principals to ensure that students who are suspended from school for 10 or fewer consecutive days, whether in or out of school, shall have ...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Attendance Records, Unexcused Absences
H.B. 39
Requires that declarations of intent and attendance records for home study programs be submitted to the department of education rather than local school superintendents; authorizes department to provide for electronic submittal of such records. Provides that n...
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| IL | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | School Success Task Force Extended
H.J.R. 67
Extends the School Success Task Force established during the 96th General Assembly and adds a member to the Task Force representing City of Chicago School District 299. Directs the School Success Task Force to submit a report before December 31, 2012. http://w...
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| RI | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Truancy Cannot Result in Out-of-School Suspension
H.B. 7287 and S.B. 2542
Prohibits schools from considering a students truancy or absenteeism as a basis for using an out-of-school suspension as a disciplinary action.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText12/HouseText12/H7287A.htm...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Administration and Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Laws
H.B. 706 - Administration and Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Laws
Clarifies that responsibility for administration and enforcement of compulsory attendance laws is the duty of the state department of education as well as local systems (previous legislation referred only to duty of local systems). Places responsibility for r...
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| VA | Vetoed 04/2012 | P-12 | Regulations to Address Truancy
H.B. 886
Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations by July 1, 2013, to address truancy. In promulgating these regulations, the Board shall address the following: (i) provisions for early intervention at the school level for repeated unexcused absences; ...
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Attendance of Children Receiving Alternative Instruction.
H.B. 1005
Revises certain provisions regarding the excuse from attendance of children receiving alternative instruction.http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2012/Bills/HB1005ENR.pdf...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Criminal Background Checks for Any Mentors of Students
H.B. 7077
This act would require that individuals seeking to participate in any mentoring program whereby the individual would be working with a student or students as a mentor or in a mentoring situation would be required to undergo a criminal background check similar ...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Unethical Conduct and Employment Decisions
H.B. 564
Provides more transparency and open communication between Idaho's public schools and the
Professional Standards Commission with regard to investigations and status of review of complaints
and charges of unethical conduct which may impact upon the employment de...
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| AK | Adopted 03/2012 | P-12 | Career or Technical Education Teaching Certificate
4 AAC 12.370, 372, 385
Revises the requirements for issuance of a limited career or technical education certificate (Type M), to include, a period of validity limited to 1 year (previously 4 years) with options for extension following the passage of a teacher competency exam; requir...
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| AL | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Criminal History Background Checks
S.B. 60
Makes clarifying changes to the laws governing certain criminal history background checks, and provides for permissive referrals for prosecution or for termination of employment. Clarifies which employees of the department of human resources are required to un...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Teachers of Online Courses and College Partnership Laboratory Schools; Background Checks
H.B. 577
Clarifies that teachers of online courses and in college partnership laboratory schools shall, as a condition of employment requiring direct contact with students, provide written consent and the necessary personal information to obtain a search of the registr...
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | District Payment of Criminal Background Checks
H.B. 1124
Permits a school district, at the discretion of the school district, to pay the fees charged for any criminal background investigation that is required by law for a prospective employee. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2012/Bills/HB1124ENR.pdf ...
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Disclosure of Public Employee Contracts
S.B. 106
Allows for the public inspection or copying of any current or prior contract with any public employee and any related document that specifies the consideration to be paid to the employee.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2012/Bills/SB106ENR.pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Reclassification of English Learners
S.B. 1108
From bill summary: Requires the state department of education, by January 1, 2014, to (1) review and analyze the criteria, policies, and practices that a sampling of districts that represent the geographic, socioeconomic, and demographic diversity of school di...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Primary Language Assessment Instrument for Dual Language Immersion Program Students
A.B. 1521
From bill summary: Authorizes the department, subject to state board approval, to make available to districts and charter schools a primary language assessment to allow assessment of pupils enrolled in a dual language immersion program who are either nonlimite...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Supplemental Instructional Materials for English Language Learners
A.B. 1719 - Supplemental Instructional Materials for English Language Learners
From bill summary: Requires the department to recommend, and the state board to approve, evaluation criteria to guide the development and review of supplemental instructional materials for English learners. Requires the department to develop a list by March 1,...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Long-term English Learners
A.B. 2193
Defines "Long-term English learner" as an English learner in grades 6-12 who has been enrolled in schools in the U.S. for more than 6 years, has remained at the same English language proficiency level for 2 or more consecutive years as determined by the state ...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Bilingual Education and Parent Involvement
H.B. 3819
Provides that once established, each parent advisory committee for transitional bilingual education programs autonomously conduct its affairs, including the election of officers and the establishment of internal rules, guidelines, and procedures. Directs the s...
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| AK | Adopted 06/2012 | pre-K-12 | Limited English Proficiency Classification
4 AAC 34.055
Repeals 6-tiered classification system for identifying or reclassifying limited English proficient (LEP) students in grades K-12. Replaces with simplified system allowing an LEP student to be reclassified as English proficient by either achieving a specified c...
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Appropriations and Reappropriations
S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations
From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partnership academies, instructional support to help pupils pass the high school exit examination, English language tutoring ...
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| HI | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Review of State Funding for ESL and Hawaiian Language Programs
S.R. 43
Requests that the University of Hawaii, with the assistance of the department of education and other educational organizations as appropriate, review the state's funding for existing English as a Second Language and Hawaiian language programs offered in Hawaii...
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| HI | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Review of the State's Funding for Existing ESL Instruction/Activities and Hawaiian Language Programs
S.C.R. 87
Requests that the University of Hawaii, with the assistance of the department of education and other educational organizations, as appropriate, review the state's funding for existing English as a Second
Language instruction and activities and Hawaiian languag...
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| TX | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Commissioner's Rules Concerning State Plan for Educating English Language Learners
19 TAC 89.1201, 1203, 1205, 1207, 1210, 1215, 1220, 1225, 1227, 1228, 1230, 1233, 1235, 1240, 1245, 1250, 1265, 1267, 1269
Most changes are nonsubstantive changes that align rules with statute, update terminology, or move dual language immersion program sections/references to the same subchaper as sections relating to English language learners. However, the rulemaking also include...
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| NH | Adopted 12/2012 | P-12 | Comprehensive Agricultural, Marketing and Business Education
NH ADC Ed 507.04, 507.46, 47; NH ADC Ed 612.31
These rules describe what an individual has to do and know to be certified as a teacher in Career and Technical Education for Agriculture, Marketing and Business. Ed 612.31(c),(e) and (f) set the program requirements for institutions of higher education to pre...
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| UT | Adopted 11/2012 | P-12 | Pupil Accounting
UT ADC R277-419-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Amended to provide funding to local education agencies (LEAs) for Career and Technical Education (CTE) students, including transportation time, who are enrolled in approved CTE courses under specific circumstances. ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Career Technical Education Pathways Program
S.B. 1070
From bill summary: Establishes the Career Technical Education Pathways Program until June 30, 2015, which requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assist economic and workforce regional develo...
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| LA | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | CTE Technology Education Courses
LAC 28:CXV.2385
From Louisiana Register: Identifies four state-recognized technology education course offerings within the CTE program. These four course offerings provide specific instruction and training to students interested in pursuing careers in manufacturing, and cover...
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| NV | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | Program of Career and Technical Education General Requirements
NAC 389.800
Requires a pupil who completes the final course of instruction for a particular course of study in career and technical education to take an examination prescribed by the Department of Education which measures the proficiency of the pupil in the course of stud...
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | BOCES Contracts with Out-of-State Districts
A.B. 10205
Permits boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES) to enter into contracts of up to two years with out-of-state districts for special education and/or career/technical education services, or for the use of existing products that demonstrate how to map ...
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| DC | Signed into law 07/2012 | pre-K-12
Postsec.
Community College | Career and Technical Education Plan Establishment Act of 2012
B19-770
Establishes a task force to develop a city-wide strategic plan for career and technical education programs in the District. (ACT/Resolution #A19-0408)
http://www.dccouncil.us/files/user_uploads/related_materials/may1_mbrown_kbrown_careerandtecheducationplan_.p...
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | CTE, Private Schools and Agricultural Education
S.B. 599- CTE and Private Schools
The State Board of Education must establish standards for agricultural education that may be adopted by a private school accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education. Any such private school must reimburse the Department annu...
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| AL | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | CTE Teaching Credentials
AL ADC 290-3-2-.23 through 26
Provides an option for individuals with a bachelor's or higher degree to become certified through the Specialty Area Career and Technical Certificate Approach. Recognizes full-time secondary and/or postsecondary teaching experience in a prescribed program area...
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Appropriations and Reappropriations
S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations
From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partnership academies, instructional support to help pupils pass the high school exit examination, English language tutoring ...
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| IL | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Area Career and Technical Education and Vocational Centers Task Force
H.J.R. 79
Creates the Area Career and Technical Education and Vocational Centers Task Force. Directs the task force to study the issue of funding of area career/vocational centers and career and technical education programs, including transportation for such programs, a...
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| KS | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Career Technical Workforce Grant
H.B. 2435
Replaces the existing Vocational Education Scholarship with the new Career Technical Workforce Grant program. The grant would be available to eligible students who enrolled in or have been accepted for admission to an eligible career technical education progr...
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| LA | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | CTE Offerings in Petrochemical Industry
LAC 28:CXV.2385
From June 2012 Louisiana Register: Adds one unit each of "Oil and Gas Production Operations" and "T2 Safety Systems for Oil and Gas Production" (both for grades 11-12) to the state-recognized technology education course offerings within the CTE program. The tw...
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| NH | Became law without governor's signature 06/2012 | P-12 | Funding for Pupils in Vocational Education Programs
S.B. 404
Changes the procedures for tuition and transportation reimbursement for students enrolled in a career and technical education program.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/SB0404.html ...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Career Connection Learning Strategies
S.B. 316 - Career Connection Learning Strategies
Not later than June 30, 2013, directs the state board, in consultation with any office housed in the governor's office that deals with workforce development, to adopt K-12 model curricula that embed career connection learning strategies into regular classroom ...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Report Card for Joint Vocational School Districts and Other Career-Technical Planning Districts
S.B. 316 - Report Card for Joint Vocational School Districts & Other Career-Technical Planning Districts
Defines "career-technical planning district". Directs the state board, in consultation with the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents, any office within the office of the governor concerning workforce development, the Ohio association of career and technical...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | District Expenditure Reporting
S.B. 316 - District Expenditure Reporting
Amends provisions related to department development of standards for determining each district, community school, and STEM school's annual operating expenditures for classroom instructional purposes and for nonclassroom purposes. Requires the department to ali...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Workforce Investment
S.B. 318 - Workforce Investment
From K-12 appropriations bill: Provides that workforce development funds may be expended for technical dual enrollment programs. Also requires that up to $200,000 be used to provide regional council seed funding in Regions 3 and 8 to develop leadership strateg...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Agriscience in CTE
S.B. 318 - Agriscience in CTE
Specifies that not more than $900,000 of the appropriation for the career tech initiative must be first used for agriscience purposes if an adequate number of RFPs are received. Requires such funds to be made available through a competitive grant process to co...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Governance of Technical High School
S.B. 458
Changes the name of the regional vocational-technical (V-T) schools to the technical high school system (CTHSS) and creates a new specified 11-member board to govern it, thereby removing governing authority from the SBE and its technical high school subcommitt...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Community College | Career Education, CTE
H.B. 713 - Career Education, CTE
Section 1: Delays until fall 2013 requirement that the state board of the Technical College System of Georgia require its institutions to accept for purposes of admissions any core curriculum coursework completed in high school.
Section 2: Directs the state bo...
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| HI | Adopted 05/2012 | Postsec. | Advanced Aviation Degree Training Program at the University of Hawaii
H.C.R. 107
Requests that the governor convene a 10-member exploratory committee to examine the feasibility and necessary resources of establishing an international aviation training center at the Hilo International Airport and an advanced aviation degree training program...
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| LA | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Study of Need for and Availability of Vocational Education Programs
H.R. 155
Urges and requests the state board of elementary and secondary education and the board of supervisors of community and technical colleges jointly to study the availability of and need for vocational education programs in preparing high school students for indu...
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Career and Technical Education Laws Update
S.P. 616
This bill provides an update in language for the career and technical education laws
to reflect current terminology, including changing all statutory references to "vocational"
education to "career and technical" education. It requires all career and technic...
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Enhancing Career and Technical Education
S.P. 650
This bill increases opportunities for students in career and technical education programs by ensuring greater coordination of school calendars, requiring that students have access to career and technical education programming for the entire required instructio...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Community College | Technology Center Districts
H.B. 2090
Provides for the application and division of the building fund levies (tax levies) in technology center districts where there is overlap in district boundaries.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB2090%20ENR.DOC ...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | The Skills For Jobs Act
H.B. 1061
To the extent possible, requires state agencies to produce an annual report regarding state workforce need projections and college credential production. The report also should indicated anticipated credentials that high school vocational programs, apprentices...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Academic and Career Planning in Middle Grades
H.B. 7059 - Academic and Career Planning in Middle Grades
Permits required course in career planning to be taken in grade 6. Requires that such course (1) result in a personalized academic and career plan for the student, (2) emphasize technology or the application of technology in career fields, (3) and, beginning i...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Career Themed Courses, Career Academies, and Workforce Alignment
H.B. 7059 - Career Themed Courses, Career Academies, and Workforce Alignment
Defines "career-themed course" as a course or series of courses leading to industry certification, and aligned with priority workforce needs established by the regional workforce board or the department of economic opportunity. Permits two or more districts to...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Career Pathways
S.B. 38 - Career Pathways
Sections 1-2: Establishes legislative intent to provide rigorous academic and career and technical education programs that are relevant for all students and that encourage at-risk students to graduate from high school prepared to enter postsecondary education ...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requirements for Career or Technical Education, Vocational Programs
H.F. 2949
Allows any student in grade 10-12 enrolled in a district or American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school to enroll in a career or technical education (CTE) course offered by a Minnesota state college or university. Requires a 10th grade student t...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Quality Education Accountability Act
L.B. 870 - Multiple Measures Section
Provide for an accountability system to measure school performance under the Quality Education Accountability Act. Requires by August 1, 2012, that the state board establish an accountability system to measure the performance of schools and districts. Requires...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Establishment of Career Academies
L.B. 870 - Career Academy Section
Allows any school district, with state department approval, to establish and operate a career academy. The purpose of a career academy is to provide students with a career-based curriculum. Allows district to partner with another district, an educational servi...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Community College | Pilot to Increase Students Getting Industry Certifications
S.B. 1056
Authorizes establishment of pilot program at technology center school districts to increase the number of students taking industry certification exams and obtaining trade-specific industry certifications and licenses. Allows a local technology center board to ...
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| AK | Adopted 03/2012 | P-12 | Career or Technical Education Teaching Certificate
4 AAC 12.370, 372, 385
Revises the requirements for issuance of a limited career or technical education certificate (Type M), to include, a period of validity limited to 1 year (previously 4 years) with options for extension following the passage of a teacher competency exam; requir...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Grant for Vocational Education
H.B. 1063
Earmarks $300,000 each fiscal year for eligible entities approved by the State Board of Career Education, in order to expand the vocational education and training opportunities available to area citizens in need of adult educational training or retraining due ...
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| ME | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | An Act To Enhance Career Pathways for Adult Learners
S.P. 617
Revises the definition of "adult education" by describing what services must be offered in order to receive state subsidy. Establishes career pathways services as part of adult education, removes provisions concerning adult career and technical education class...
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| RI | Adopted 03/2012 | P-12 | Student Access to Career-Technical Education Programs
Regulation Based on Authority of 16-60-1 to 16-60-4
Provides students access to any career-preparation program in the state, not only to those in their district of resident. Directs the Department of Education to ensure that career-preparation programs align with and promote workforce and economic development i...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | High School Accreditation; Industry Certifications
H.B. 642/S.B. 514
Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations adjusting the formula for calculating the final high school accreditation status to add points for each student obtaining a diploma and certain industry certifications, state licensure, or occupational crede...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Career and Technical Education Industry Certifications
H.B. 1108
Delays for one year the effective date of legislation providing that, where there is a national industry certification for career and technical education instructional personnel or programs for automotive technology, the Board of Education must make such certi...
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| WI | Issued 01/2012 | P-12 | College and Workforce Readiness Council
E.O. #56
Creates the 15-member College and Workforce Readiness Council. Tasks the council with recommending policies and programs to improve student readiness for college or career. Identifies specific areas in which the council must prioritize improvement: (1) Reducin...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Apprenticeships and Oversight
S.B. 316 - Apprenticeships and Oversight
Amends definition of "apprentice" to apply to a person at least 16 years old, except when a higher minimum age is otherwise set by law, who is in a registered apprenticeship program to learn a skilled occupation, pursuant to a registered apprenticeship agreeme...
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| LA | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | Retesting Due to Testing Irregularity
LAC 28:CXI.312
Provides that where retests on an assessment required for accountability are available, LEAs may request that School Performance Score (SPS) calculations include retest results through a waiver request to the state board for accountability purposes. In such wa...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Forfeiture of Bonuses or Salary Increases for Cheating School Staff
H.B. 692
Provides for the automatic decrease in the salary of a teacher or other certificated professional personnel for any salary increase or bonus provided based, in whole or in part, on the results of standardized test scores falsified or known or caused to be fals...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Choice and Voucher Program
H.B. 976
Expands the current choice program, Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program, beyond schools in the New Orleans district to students statewide who meet eligibility requirements. Provides scholarships to eligible students to attend public and non...
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| IL | Adopted 10/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools
23 IL ADC 650.10 through .110
From Illinois Register: Amends charter school provisions to conform with P.A. 97-152, effective July 20, 2011, which created the State Charter School Commission to assume some of the state board's responsibilities relative to charter schools. Additionally, the...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Establishment, Renewal, and Revocation
S.B. 1290
From bill summary: Mandates that measurable pupil outcomes required in a petition to establish a standard or countywide charter school include outcomes that address increases in pupil academic achievement both schoolwide and for all groups of pupils served by ...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | P-12 | Free/Reduced Lunches Must Be Served Needy Students at Charter Schools
A.B. 1594
From bill summary: Requires a charter school to provide each needy pupil with one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each school day, Among other things, excludes a charter
school that offers only nonclassroom-based instruction or only on...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Finance
A.B. 1811
From bill summary: Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, requires the general-purpose entitlement of a conversion charter high school established on or after January 1, 2013, to be equal, for the first 3 years of operation, to the current year base revenue ...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | P-12 | Transmitting Charter School Pupil Data to District That Is Chartering Authority
A.B. 1919
From bill summary: Requires the department of education to provide a district that is a charter school's chartering authority, in accordance with a specified federal law relating to the disclosure of pupil records, individual pupil achievement data, including ...
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| TX | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | Open-Enrollment Charter Schools
19 TAC 100.1011, 1015, 1017, 1022, 1023, 1025, 1041, 1063, 1131, 1153, 1201, 1213, 1217
From Texas Register: Makes the following changes to improve the application process for charters authorized by the state board: (1) Specifically defines the mitigating factors to be considered when the commissioner considers adverse action for an open-enrollme...
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Extended Leave for NYC Principals to Serve as a Principal at a Charter School
A.B. 6300
Allows a principal employed by the New York City district to make a written request to the board of education for an extended leave of absence to serve as a principal at a charter school. Provides that approval of such a leave request for three years or less s...
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Preschool Programs in Charter Schools
H.B. 1240 (section 51)
Allows charter schools that are authorized to provide kindergarten to also offer preschool programs. Addresses requirements for the preschool programs.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A386D89EDA600136872579820026D8D7?Open&file=1...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 2115
Repeals existing charter school laws and establishes a new chapter governing charter schools based on the recommendations of the Charter School Governance, Accountability, and Authority Task Force established by Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011. Maintains ...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools Implementation and Transition Coordinator
S.B. 2116
Directs the board of education to contract with an implementation and transition coordinator to assist in (1) implementing the recommendations of the charter school governance, accountability, and authority task force, included in 2012 S.B. 2115 and (2) transi...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter Facility or Property Purchased from Orleans Parish School Board
H.B. 411
Provides that if a chartering group determines that a facility or property purchased from the Orleans Parish School Board is no longer needed for an educational purpose, the group must first offer to sell the facility or property back to the Orleans Parish Sch...
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| LA | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools
LAC 28:CXXXIX.Chapters 1, 5-19, 27, and 39
Makes changes to various provisions related to charter schools. New rules define "management organization," and require a charter application to describe any proposed corporate partnerships. Requires the state superintendent's recommendation to the state board...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Special Education Services in Charter Schools
S.B. 300
Establishes a procedure for the provision of special education and related services to a child with a disability who is enrolled in a chartered public school and requires chartered public schools to provide due process in the provision of special education and...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | District Sale or Lease of Property or Facilities
S.B. 316 - District Sale or Lease of Property or Facilities
Authorizes a board of education to sell real or personal property to certain to a nonprofit institution of higher education or the governing authority of a nonpublic school. Prior to disposing of real property, requires the district to first offer the property...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Community Schools
S.B. 316 - Community Schools
Permits the department's office of Ohio school sponsorship to assume sponsorship of a community school whose sponsorship has been revoked by the department. Permits the office to extend the term of a contract for a school whose sponsorship it has assumed. Prov...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Operation of Community School from/in a Home
S.B. 316 - Operation of Community School from/in a Home
Permits a community school that was open for operation as a community school as of May 1, 2005 to operate from or in a home in Ohio, regardless of when the community school's operations from or in a particular home began. Pages 392-393 of 401: http://www.legis...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Contracts Between State Superintendent and Community School Governing Authorities
S.B. 316 - Contracts Between State Superintendent and Community School Governing Authorities
Not later than 90 days after the effective date of these provisions, directs the department of education to publish on its website every approved, executed contract with a community school that was filed with the superintendent of public instruction under sect...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Community School Sponsors' Performance
S.B. 316 - Community School Sponsors' Performance
Establishes the intent of the general assembly to enact a law, not later than December 31, 2012, that establishes a battery of measures to be used to rate the performance of the sponsors of community schools and to determine whether an entity may sponsor addit...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Approval and Funding
S.B. 458
(Sec. 29-31) Starting in FY 14, allows the SBE (starting in 2014), within available appropriations, to approve (1) operating grants of up to $ 3,000 per student and (2) grants of up to $ 500,000 as startup costs to establish local charter schools on or after J...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Constitutional Amendment Regarding Charter Schools and Related Matters
H.R. 1162
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia so as to (1) Clarify the authority of the General Assembly to provide for the establishment of policies for the provision of public education; (2) Provide that the authority of local boards does not diminish...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools and State Oversight
H.B. 797
Repeals and rewrites provisions related to the Georgia Charter Schools Commission. Provides legislative findings and intent regarding charter schools and statewide oversight of charter schools. Allows commission to approve state charter schools with statewide ...
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| MO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Modifies Provisions Relating to Charter Schools
S.B. 576
This act modifies the laws governing charter schools.
SECTION 29.205 – The State Auditor may audit any charter school in the same manner as any agency of the state.
SECTION 160.400 – In addition to the St. Louis City and Kansas City School Districts, charter...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 3241
Provides charter school powers and duties and permits a sponsor to retain certain funds for overseeing a charter school; creates the charter school facility revolving loan program for the construction, purchase, renovation, and maintenance of public charter ...
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| TN | Became law without governor's signature 05/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools - Governance
S.B. 3345
Regulates charter schools' relationships with foreign entities and the use of non-immigrant foreign workers by charter schools.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3345.pdf...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Applying, Authorizing and Revoking
S.B. 61
Revises information to be included in charter school application; makes requirements more specific and focused on performance, finances and governance. Revises responsibility of school districts with respect to charter school application, evaluation, renewal a...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | For-profit And Nonprofit Charter Schools
S.B. 67
The bill requires each charter school, effective July 1, 2013, to incorporate as a nonprofit corporation. The bill prohibits a board of education of a school district or the state charter school institute board (authorizer) from approving a charter application...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Improvement and Education Accountability
H.B. 7127 - School Improvement and Education Accountability
Requires a school improvement plan to include strategies for improving student achievement if a school has a significant student achievement gap for one or more subgroups, has not significantly decreased the percentage of students scoring below satisfactory on...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Districts of Innovation, Schools of Innovation
H.B. 37
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define "district of innovation" and related terms. Authorizes the state board to approve districts of innovation for the purposes of improving students' educational performance. Limit initial approval and subsequent ...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools Application, Authorization and Evaluation
H.B. 976
Amends the application process for charter schools and provides for a new type of chartering authority, known as local charger authorizers. Requires the state board to approve a common charter school application for use by all chartering authorities. Requires ...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Procedures to Withdraw as Charter Authorizer
H.F. 2949
Existing law establishes procedures for a charter school authorizer that has chartered multiple schools to withdraw as an approved authorizer. This new provision extends those procedures to an authorizer of a single charter school. Article 2, Sec. 9, Subd. 3 h...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Publicly Available Information from Charter Authorizers
H.F. 2949
Requires charter schools to publish on the school's official website board meeting minutes for at least one year, directory information for the board of directors and committees, contact information for the school's authorizer. Provides that the school may inc...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Initial Charter School Contract Length and Authorizer Fee
H.F. 2949
Extends the length of a charter school's initial contract from up to 3 to up to 5 years. [Article 2, Sec. 11, Subd. 6]
Repeals the provision that prohibited the Department or a charter school from assessing or paying an authorizer's fee. Adds a provision limi...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Nonprofit Building Corporation Authority
H.F. 2949
Extends the power of a charter school's affiliated nonprofit building corporation. Article 2, Sec. 14, Subd. 17a https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Collaborative Agreements - Charter and District School Boards
H.F. 2949
Provides that a charter school board may enter into a renewable agreement with a school district, within whose boundaries it operates, to enhance student achievement. Prohibits a charter school authorizer from requiring a collaboration agreement as a condition...
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| OR | Administrative Rules 04/2012 | P-12 | Special Education Responsibilities for Students in Charter Schools
OAR 581-015-2005, 2010, 2040, 2075, 2080
Shifts student special education responsibilities from resident school district to the district in which the charter school is located if student is enrolled in a charter school in another school district from which the student resides. ...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools; Denial or Revocation of Application
H.B. 1173/S.B. 440
Provides unsuccessful charter school applicants with an opportunity to testify before the Board of Education. The local school board must submit sufficient documentation as to the rationale for the denial or revocation of the charter school application and a d...
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Applications
S.B. 1424
Requires a charter school sponsor to review a charter at five year intervals using a performance framework adopted by the sponsor. In implementing its oversight and administrative responsibilities, the sponsor is required to ground its actions in evidence of ...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Removal of Yearly Cap on New Charter Schools
H.B. 481
Amends Idaho Code 33-5203(2)(a) to remove the growth cap of six new public charter schools per year, and to remove the cap of one new public charter school per district per year. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/H0481.pdf ...
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| ME | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | An Act To Amend and Clarify the Public Charter School Law
S.P. 607
Amends the law authorizing creation of public charter schools. Makes the following changes with regard to authorizers of public charter schools. Allows the Commissioner of Education to suspend an authorizer's authority to enter into new charter contracts if th...
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| AR | Adopted 02/2012 | P-12 | Rules Governing Public Charter Schools
AR ADC 005.08.2-1.00 to AR ADC 005.08.2-8.00
Outlines application requirements for public charter schools and state board approval for licenses for existing open-enrollment public charter schools. Outlines the basis and procedure for public charter school probation or charter modification, revocation or ...
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| IL | Adopted 10/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools
23 IL ADC 650.10 through .110
From Illinois Register: Amends charter school provisions to conform with P.A. 97-152, effective July 20, 2011, which created the State Charter School Commission to assume some of the state board's responsibilities relative to charter schools. Additionally, the...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 2115
Repeals existing charter school laws and establishes a new chapter governing charter schools based on the recommendations of the Charter School Governance, Accountability, and Authority Task Force established by Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011. Maintains ...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Community Schools
S.B. 316 - Community Schools
Permits the department's office of Ohio school sponsorship to assume sponsorship of a community school whose sponsorship has been revoked by the department. Permits the office to extend the term of a contract for a school whose sponsorship it has assumed. Prov...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Applying, Authorizing and Revoking
S.B. 61
Revises information to be included in charter school application; makes requirements more specific and focused on performance, finances and governance. Revises responsibility of school districts with respect to charter school application, evaluation, renewal a...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools; Denial or Revocation of Application
H.B. 1173/S.B. 440
Provides unsuccessful charter school applicants with an opportunity to testify before the Board of Education. The local school board must submit sufficient documentation as to the rationale for the denial or revocation of the charter school application and a d...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Virtual Charter Schools
S.B. 1816
Allows the state board to sponsor a charter school when the applicant is the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board seeking to establish a full-time statewide virtual charter school. The charter school must enroll students who are legal residents of the state ...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools and State Oversight
H.B. 797
Repeals and rewrites provisions related to the Georgia Charter Schools Commission. Provides legislative findings and intent regarding charter schools and statewide oversight of charter schools. Allows commission to approve state charter schools with statewide ...
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Cyber Schools
S.B. 619
Amends the law pertaining to schools of excellence that are cyber schools. Determines the requirements that potential schools must meet in order to receive a contract; determines the number of contracts per year that can be issued to those schools and limits t...
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Is LEA for Purposes of Repaying Certain Funds
A.B. 2662 - Charter School Is LEA for Purposes of Repaying Certain Funds
From bill summary: Specifies that a charter school is a local educational agency (LEA) for purposes of provisions regarding LEA repayment (1) of funds received on the basis of average daily attendance that did not comply with statutory or regulatory requiremen...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Proposed Alteration of District Property
A.B. 1859
From bill summary: Requires a charter school, if it applies for the federal qualified school construction bond volume cap, or any other federal bond borrowing authority, to notify, in writing and at least 30 days before submitting the application, the district...
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Finance and Facilities
S.B. 1016 - Charter School Finance and Facilities
From sections 1, 25.1, 25.3, 25.5, 25.7, 25.9, 33, 41, 42 of bill summary:
Until July 1, 2017, authorizes a county board of education, subject to the concurrence of the county superintendent of schools, to loan moneys from the proceeds of revenue anticipatio...
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Borrowing
S.B. 1016 - Charter School Borrowing
From section 54 of bill summary: Permits a charter school to borrow and expend borrowed funds, and be subject to certain indebtedness provisions, in the same manner as a school district or county board of education. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 2115
Repeals existing charter school laws and establishes a new chapter governing charter schools based on the recommendations of the Charter School Governance, Accountability, and Authority Task Force established by Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011. Maintains ...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Debt for Construction
H.B. 1225
Authorizes chartered public schools to incur long-term debt for the purpose of purchasing buildings or land or for new construction or renovations.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1225.html...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Facilities Funding
S.B. 121
The bill extends the time for the notice from 3 to 4 months for a charter school to give notice of intent to apply for financial assistance through the building excellent schools today (BEST) program. The bill changes the factors that apply to charter school a...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools and State Oversight
H.B. 797
Repeals and rewrites provisions related to the Georgia Charter Schools Commission. Provides legislative findings and intent regarding charter schools and statewide oversight of charter schools. Allows commission to approve state charter schools with statewide ...
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| TN | Became law without governor's signature 05/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools - Governance
S.B. 3345
Regulates charter schools' relationships with foreign entities and the use of non-immigrant foreign workers by charter schools.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3345.pdf...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Administrative Fee
H.B. 5101 - Charter School Administrative Fee
From bill analysis: Reduces the 5% charter school administrative fee charged by school districts for schools that have an exceptional student enrollment that is 75% or greater of the total school enrollment. Bases the fee for affected schools on unweighted FTE...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Shared Time Aid
H.F. 2949
Provides that the resident district of a a shared time pupil taking classes in a charter school must grant the charter school permission to claim the pupil for state aid purposes.Requires state aid be paid to the charter school, and if the resident district ag...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Adoption of Budget for Reorganized School.
H.B. 1058
Permits two or more school corporations to publish notices, hold public hearings, and take final action for the adoption of property tax levies, property tax rates, and a budget for the reorganized school corporation after the voters approve a plan of reorgani...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Nonpublic to Public Student Records Transfer, Charter Start-up Grants
H.B. 1189
Requires an accredited nonpublic school to provide sufficient verbal information to permit a requesting school to which a child transfers to make an appropriate placement decision when the parent of the child is in breach of a contract that conditions release ...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 2115
Repeals existing charter school laws and establishes a new chapter governing charter schools based on the recommendations of the Charter School Governance, Accountability, and Authority Task Force established by Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011. Maintains ...
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| LA | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools
LAC 28:CXXXIX.Chapters 1, 5-19, 27, and 39
Makes changes to various provisions related to charter schools. New rules define "management organization," and require a charter application to describe any proposed corporate partnerships. Requires the state superintendent's recommendation to the state board...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Community Schools
S.B. 316 - Community Schools
Permits the department's office of Ohio school sponsorship to assume sponsorship of a community school whose sponsorship has been revoked by the department. Permits the office to extend the term of a contract for a school whose sponsorship it has assumed. Prov...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Applying, Authorizing and Revoking
S.B. 61
Revises information to be included in charter school application; makes requirements more specific and focused on performance, finances and governance. Revises responsibility of school districts with respect to charter school application, evaluation, renewal a...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Charter Schools Application, Authorization and Evaluation
H.B. 976
Amends the application process for charter schools and provides for a new type of chartering authority, known as local charger authorizers. Requires the state board to approve a common charter school application for use by all chartering authorities. Requires ...
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Programs Eligible for Block Grant
S.B. 1028 - Programs Eligible for Block Grant
From bill summary: Under the California Constitution, whenever the legislature or a state agency mandates a new program or higher level of service on any local government, including a school district and a
community college district, the state is required to p...
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| AR | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Guidelines, Procedures and Enforcement of the Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act
AR ADC 005.23.2-1.00 to 23.2-10.00
Govern the guidelines, procedures and enforcement of the Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act.
http://170.94.37.152/REGS/005.23.11-002F-12936.pdf...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Open Choice Incentive for Larger Districts
S.B. 458
(Sec. 12) Provides an additional incentive for larger school districts to increase their enrollment of out-of-district students under the Open Choice interdistrict public school attendance program. It does so by giving districts with more than 4,000 students t...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Opportunity Scholarships
H.B. 7127 - Opportunity Scholarships
Revises definition of low-performing school for purposes of student eligibility to attend a higher-perfoming public school under the opportunity scholarship program. Defines "low-performing school" as school that has earned an "F" grade or 3 consecutive "D" gr...
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| ME | Became law without governor's signature 04/2012 | P-12 | Open Enrollment
H.P. 1372
This bill creates a school open enrollment program under which a student may attend a school other than the school to which that student is assigned based on the street address of the student's family. The bill provides that the governing bodies of public scho...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Open Enrollment Policies
H.B. 603
Provides that local school divisions may have policies that provide for the open enrollment to any school of any student residing within the school division upon the request of a parent or guardian. The bill describes optional criteria for local school boards ...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Student Transfer
H.B. 1189
Establishes a deadline within each semester after which no student may transfer to a school district other than the resident school district through the enrollment options program. Deadlines established in this section do not apply to any student seeking to at...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Open Enrollment
H.B. 454
From bill summary: Amends the early enrollment period application date for admission for the next school year to a school that is not a student's school of residence if (1) the school district is doing a districtwide grade reconfiguration of its elementary, mi...
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| WI | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Timelines for Application to Nonresident Schools
S.B. 2 - Choice of Schools Provision
This portion of S.B. 2 establishes timelines for student application to nonresident school and for schools to respond to students making the requests. Moves the timeline for application to attend a nonresident school from February to the last weekday in April...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | International Language Immersion School at ULL
S.B. 712
Creates an exploratory committee to develop a plan regarding the creation and establishment of an international language immersion school at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Directs the committee to study specified issues regarding the opening of such...
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| LA | Passed 06/2012 | P-12 | Funding for Laboratory Schools Around the State
S.C.R. 137
Urges and request the legislative fiscal office to update the report issued in March 2006 pursuant to House Resolution No. 133 of the 2005 Regular Session regarding the means and methods used to provide funding for the operation of laboratory schools around th...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | District Sale or Lease of Property or Facilities
S.B. 316 - District Sale or Lease of Property or Facilities
Authorizes a board of education to sell real or personal property to certain to a nonprofit institution of higher education or the governing authority of a nonpublic school. Prior to disposing of real property, requires the district to first offer the property...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Removal of College-Preparatory Boarding School Board of Trustees Member
S.B. 316 - Removal of College-Preparatory Boarding School Board of Trustees Member
Permits the governor, operator, or any other person or entity who appoints a member to the board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school to remove that member from the board at any time. Pages 237-238 of 592: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/Bil...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Lighthouse School Programs
S.B. 6041
Allows elementary schools to serve as lighthouse programs. Creates the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education lighthouse account. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/6041-S.SL.pdf...
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program
H.B. 0761
Modifies tax code to provide the means for low- and moderate-income students (185% of poverty) who reside in the attendance boundary of a low-achieving school, to apply for an opportunity scholarship to attend a participating public or private school. Funds ma...
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| NH | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2012 | P-12 | EducationTax Credit
H.B. 1607/S.B. 372
Establishes an education tax credit against the business profits tax and/or the business enterprise tax for business organizations and business enterprises that contribute to scholarship organizations which award scholarships to be used by students to defray e...
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| VA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Educational Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits
H.B. 321
Establishes a credit beginning in taxable year 2012 for corporations donating cash or property to nonprofit organizations providing education improvement scholarships to students who would have been eligible for the free and reduced lunch program under federal...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Tax Rebates for Nonpublic School Scholarships
H.B. 969
Authorizes a rebate for certain taxpayer donations to nonpublic school tuition organizations to fund scholarships for qualified students. Qualified students include those who are members of households at or below 250% of the federal poverty level. The bill als...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Education Improvement Scholarships
S.B. 131
Establishes a credit beginning in taxable year 2013 for individuals, business entities, and corporations making monetary donations to nonprofit organizations providing education improvement scholarships to students whose family's annual household income is not...
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| FL | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
H.B. 859
Revises student eligibility requirements to allow a student entering any grades K-5 and who was not enrolled in a public school the previous year to participate. Removes requirement that family of participating foster child meet specified income requirements. ...
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program
H.B. 0761
Modifies tax code to provide the means for low- and moderate-income students (185% of poverty) who reside in the attendance boundary of a low-achieving school, to apply for an opportunity scholarship to attend a participating public or private school. Funds ma...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Educational Choice (EdChoice) Scholarship Pilot Program
S.B. 316 - Educational Choice (EdChoice) Scholarship Pilot Program
Extends eligibility for an EdChoice Scholarship to a student outside Cleveland who is enrolled in a nonpublic school at the time the state board grants the school a charter under 3301.16 (http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3301.16) and the school meets the eligibility ...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Cleveland Voucher Program
S.B. 316 - Cleveland Voucher Program
Requires Cleveland pilot project scholarship (voucher) students' performance data to be disaggregated, among other factors, by grade level (previously required disaggregation by "age"). Page 113 of 592: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_316...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Autism Scholarship and Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Programs
S.B. 316 - Autism Scholarship and Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Programs
Each time a child's district completes evaluation for a child with a disability or undertakes the development, review, or revision of the child's IEP, requires the district to notify the child's parent about both the autism scholarship program and the Jon Pete...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | EdChoice Vouchers in 2012-13
S.B. 316 - EdChoice Vouchers in 2012-13
Directs the department to conduct a second Educational Choice Scholarship application period for the 2012-2013 school year to award scholarships to eligible students who were enrolled in a nonpublic school in the 2011-2012 school year that was granted a charte...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Arizona Empowerment Scholarship
H.B. 2622
Requires that a parent or guardian sign a contract to participate in an Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account if he/she does not plan to enroll the child in a public, private or charter school or a homeschool; Broadens the definition of a qualified student b...
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| GA | Vetoed 05/2012 | P-12 | Scholarship Program for Special Needs Students
H.B. 181
Specifies the language school systems must use to notify parents of a child's potential eligibility for a Georgia Special Needs Scholarship. Requires the student's resident school system to ensure the parent of a student with a disability is provided such noti...
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School Choice Pilot Program for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 911
Creates a permanent program out of the two-year School Choice Pilot Program for Certain Students with Exceptionalities. The program is designed for students with various disabilities, including autism, a mental disability, emotional disturbance, developmental ...
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Screening and Scholarships for Students with Dyslexia
H.B. 1031
Establishes the Mississippi Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship For Students With Dyslexia program. Outlines student eligibility requirements for receipt of a scholarship and the term of the scholarship. Stipulates the obligations of parents, students and schools and...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Special Education Task Force and Scholarships for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 3090
Creates the Rethinking Special Education Competency and Transition Task Force. The task force will focus on improved educational services and outcomes and meaningful postsecondary transition plans. Topics for study also include how special education services c...
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| VA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Educational Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits
H.B. 321
Establishes a credit beginning in taxable year 2012 for corporations donating cash or property to nonprofit organizations providing education improvement scholarships to students who would have been eligible for the free and reduced lunch program under federal...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Choice and Voucher Program
H.B. 976
Expands the current choice program, Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program, beyond schools in the New Orleans district to students statewide who meet eligibility requirements. Provides scholarships to eligible students to attend public and non...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Education Improvement Scholarships
S.B. 131
Establishes a credit beginning in taxable year 2013 for individuals, business entities, and corporations making monetary donations to nonprofit organizations providing education improvement scholarships to students whose family's annual household income is not...
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Parental Choice Program - Limits Participation of School Districts
S.B. 174
Closing the parental choice program for eligible school districts to additional school districts. Provides that no school district that has not already qualified as an
eligible school district may qualify as an eligible school district after the effective dat...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Certified Scholarship Program Eligibility.
S.B. 296
Provides that an individual is eligible for a scholarship from a scholarship program that is certified by the department of education if the student received a scholarship in a preceding school year, including a school year that does not immediately precede a ...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Nonpublic to Public Student Records Transfer, Charter Start-up Grants
H.B. 1189
Requires an accredited nonpublic school to provide sufficient verbal information to permit a requesting school to which a child transfers to make an appropriate placement decision when the parent of the child is in breach of a contract that conditions release ...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Study of Programs/Initiatives to Assist Students At Risk of Academic Failure
S.B. 151
Directs the education interim committee to conduct a study of programs and initiatives to assist students at risk of academic failure, including a study of:
(1) The Carson Smith Scholarships for Students with Special Needs program to determine whether program...
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| WI | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Timelines for Application to Nonresident Schools
S.B. 2 - Choice of Schools Provision
This portion of S.B. 2 establishes timelines for student application to nonresident school and for schools to respond to students making the requests. Moves the timeline for application to attend a nonresident school from February to the last weekday in April...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | California Youth Leadership Project
S.B. 803
Primarmily from bill summary: Defines "disconnected and disadvantaged youth" for purposes of these provisions to include, but not be limited to, homeless youth between the ages of 18-24, youth with disabilities, youth who are from minority racial or ethnic gro...
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | American History and American Government
S.B. 165
Directs the state board to incorporate into the grades 4-12 social studies standards content regarding the Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance, the U.S. Constitution and its amendments, with emphasis on the Bill of Rights, and the Ohio Constit...
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| VA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Character Education Program
H.B. 1179
Provides that a school board, either within its existing programs or as a separate program, may provide its character education program during the regular school year, during the summer in a youth development academy offered by the school division, or both. Th...
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| Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | History/Civics Course Content Requirements
H.B. 436
Requires instruction on the Founding Principles of the U.S. to be integrated into the high school American history and civics courses. Addresses guidelines for course content.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=805387...
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| MI | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | "Pledge of Allegiance" in public schools
H.B. 4934
Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, the board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy must ensure that an opportunity to recite the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States is off...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Pupil-Teacher Ratio Waivers
S.B. 461
Repeals existing provisions requring the state board to adopt rules related to the issuance of waivers from pupil-teacher ratios over 20 students in grades K-3. Enacts new provisions, effective with the 2012-13 school year, directing the state board to adopt r...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Online Courses, Virtual Schools
H.B. 3062
Requires virtual schools to maintain teacher-pupil ratios set by the state board of education and to provide the same length of time for learning opportunities as required for other schools, but allow a student to move at the student's own pace. Provides stude...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Delay of Class Size Penalty
H.B. 5101 - Delay of Class Size Penalty
From bill analysis: Delays the increased class size penalty (from 50% to the full amount of the base student allocation) until 2014-2015, including a retroactive adjustment of the 2011-2012 penalty calculation.
Bill text (pages 17-18 of 41): http://myfloridaho...
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Class Sizes for Students with Disabilities in Middle and High Schools
A.B. 9057 - Class Sizes for Students with Disabilities in Middle and High Schools
Part A, Section 12: Extends through 2012-13 school year provision authorizing the board of education of a city school district with a population of 125,000 or more or New York City to increase class sizes in special classes containing students with disabilitie...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Class Size, Grade Configuration
S.F. 90
Directs school districts to maintain an average class size of 16 for K-3 classrooms. Requires districts to report to the state superintendent when any school changes the configuration of grades from the preceding year. Empowers the state superintendent to appr...
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| Counseling/Guidance |
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Appropriations and Reappropriations
S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations
From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partnership academies, instructional support to help pupils pass the high school exit examination, English language tutoring ...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Individual Student Career and Academic Plans
H.B. 1345 (sections 12 and 15)
The state board of education must require schools and charter schools to assist students and their parents/gardians to develop and maintain the student's Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) no later than the beginning of 9th grade. The board may require...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Community College | Career Education, CTE
H.B. 713 - Career Education, CTE
Section 1: Delays until fall 2013 requirement that the state board of the Technical College System of Georgia require its institutions to accept for purposes of admissions any core curriculum coursework completed in high school.
Section 2: Directs the state bo...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Access to Evidenced-Based Counseling
H.B. 2641
To strengthen districts' ability to give their students the best opportunity for academic and personal success, requires, subject to the availability of funds, the Office of Juvenile Affairs, together with the Oklahoma Association of Youth Services, to identif...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Academic and Career Planning in Middle Grades
H.B. 7059 - Academic and Career Planning in Middle Grades
Permits required course in career planning to be taken in grade 6. Requires that such course (1) result in a personalized academic and career plan for the student, (2) emphasize technology or the application of technology in career fields, (3) and, beginning i...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Career Counseling
S.B. 2591
Requires interest inventories to be administered to high school juniors and college sophomores to assist students in career decisions.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2591.pdf...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Student Education Occupation Plans
H.B. 389
From bill summary: Defines a student education/occupation plan (SEOP) as a plan to be initiated early in the student's secondary school education to guide a student in course selection and prepare a student for postsecondary options. (Statute already directs l...
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| NV | Adopted 11/2012 | Postsec. | Description of Courses of Education in Career and Technical Education
NAC 389.516, 520, 521, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 529, 530, 532, 534, 536, 537, 543, 5435, 545, 5455, 547, 5475, 549, 5495, 5515, 553, 5535, 572, 573, 575, 576, 577, 579, 581, 582, 584, 586, 588, 589, 590, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 600, 601, 6013, 6015, 6017, 604, 606, 608, 610, 611, 612, 614, 616, 618, 620, 622, 624, 6525, 6529, 653, 6534, 6535, 6536, 6537, 6538, 6539, 6541, 6542, 6543, 6544, 6545,6546
Revises and describes what should be included in courses of study in career and technical education. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/NAC-389.html...
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| NV | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics, Demonstrating Writing Proficiency & Career Readiness Courses
NAC 389
Adopting the Common Core Standards at certain grade levels for English language arts and mathematics; providing for the implementation of the Common Core Standards in prescribed school years; repealing certain existing standards in English language arts and ma...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Authorizing Online and Other Course Providers
H.B. 976
Requires the state board of education to create a process for authorizing course providers, including online or virtual providers, postsecondary education institutions, and
corporations that offer vocational or technical courses. The process must include certa...
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Appropriations and Reappropriations
S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations
From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partnership academies, instructional support to help pupils pass the high school exit examination, English language tutoring ...
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Drivers Education
S.B. 3367
Amends procedures for a local board, joint agreement of districts, or regional superintendent to apply to the state board for a waiver or modification of state mandates, including for an increase in the fee charged for drivers education. Requires a public hear...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Driver Education Instructors at Private High Schools
H.B. 19
Permits a driver education instructor at a private high school who is certified, approved, and trained by the department of public safety to act as a third party testing agent for the department of public safety for students enrolled in a driver education clas...
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| DE | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Driver Certification for Students With IEPs
H.B. 264
Allows students with individualized education plans until the age of 21 to complete their driver education certification.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+264/$file/legis.html?open...
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| PA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Driver Education Instruction
S.B. 743
In the absence of a professional educator certified to teach driver education, allows a teacher or a director to teach driver education as long as the position has been posted for an established period of time.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Pub...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Driver's Education
S.B. 3588
Requires all driver education courses to include instruction on the dangers of texting while driving and the penalty thereof.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3588.pdf...
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2012 | P-12 | Opt-Out from Instruction Regarding Child Sexual Abuse
S.B. 1114
Permits a parent or guardian to review and/or excuse his/her child from receiving instruction on child sexual abuse.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2012-SEBH-1114.pdf...
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| NH | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 01/2012 | P-12 | Parental Objections to Course Material
H.B. 542
Requires school districts to adopt a policy allowing an exception to specific course material based on a parent's or legal guardian's determination that the material is objectionable. Requires such parent to notify the school principal or designee in writing o...
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Curriculum - Abortion
S.B. 1009
Provides that, in view of the state's strong interest in promoting childbirth and adoption over elective abortion, no school district or charter school can endorse, provide financial support, instructional program support, allow any presentation during instruc...
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Eliminating State Mandates on Local and Regional Government Entities Relating to Education
H.B. 1295/S.B. 679
Eliminates several statewide mandates on local and regional government entities relating to education and land use. The bill does the following:
* Removes the requirement for establishing local advisory committees on gifted education and the annual reporting...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Financial Literacy Test-Out Option
H.B. 156 - Financial Literacy Test-Out Option
Directs the state board to develop a test-out option from the general financial literacy component of the grades 9-12 curriculum [students must complete .5 unit General Financial Literacy to graduate from high school]. Page 6 of 9: http://le.utah.gov/~2012/bil...
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| LA | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | American Sign Language in Foreign Languages Offered in High Schools
LAC 28:CXV.2345
Adds American Sign Language (ASL) III and IV to the list of foreign language courses that may be offered for graduation credit in public high schools (previously only ASL I and II were included in the foreign language course offerings). Clarifies documentation...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Heritage Schools
S.B. 1137
From bill summary: Requires each heritage school's electronic registration form filed with the superintendent of public instruction to include the address, including city and street, of the location at which the heritage school delivers services to pupils. Req...
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | State Seal of Biliteracy
A.B. 10292
Establishes purposes of the state seal of biliteracy. Confers a state seal of biliteracy (district participation is voluntary) to high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in one or more la...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | International Language Immersion School at ULL
S.B. 712
Creates an exploratory committee to develop a plan regarding the creation and establishment of an international language immersion school at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Directs the committee to study specified issues regarding the opening of such...
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council
S.B.130
Establishes the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council to advise both the governor and legislature on programs, policies, and projects to provide for the cost-effective preservation, restoration, and revitalization of Alaska Native languages ...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Indigenous Language Instruction
S.B. 57
Indicates the circumstances under which the education department may issue a Native American Language and Cultural instruction authorization to an individual. A district may adopt a policy to grant general education or world language credit for successful comp...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | Community College
Postsec. | Foreign Language in Associate Degree Programs
H.B. 7135 - Foreign Language in Associate Degree Programs
Requires students seeking an associate of arts degree to demonstrate competency in a foreign language.
Page 18 of 31: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7135er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7135&Session=2012...
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Organ and Tissue Donation in Health and Science Curriculum Frameworks
A.B. 1967
From bill summary: Requires the Instructional Quality Commission and the state board to ensure that the health and science curriculum frameworks adopted in the course of the next submission cycle include the subject of organ procurement and tissue donation, as...
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Teen Dating Violence
S.B. 206
Requires school districts and charter schools to establish a policy on responding to Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault, including guidelines on mandatory reporting and confidentiality, a protocol for responding to incidents of Teen Dating Violence and Se...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Cardiovascular Care Instruction
S.B. 245
Requires that all public secondary schools and approved and recognized independent secondary schools provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator. Requires the state commissioner of education to electr...
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Curricular Changes for CPR Training
S.B. 1680
Revises statute on CPR education, requiring schools to use hands-on practice and skills testing to support cognitive learning and training. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB1680.pdf...
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| WV | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Reading and Language Arts Content Standards and Objectives for West Virginia Schools
WV ADC s 126-44A-1, 2, 3, 4
Defines content standards and instructional goals and objectives for reading and language arts, consistent with West Virginia's move to adopt the common core standards. Broadens scope of curriculum to include 21st century content standards and objectives as we...
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Supplemental K-7 Instructional Materials for Math
A.B. 1719 - Supplemental K-7 Instructional Materials for Math
From bill summary: Requires the department, at least 30 days before the state board takes specified action, to develop a list of supplemental instructional materials for use in grades K-7 that are aligned with the California common core academic content standa...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Mathematics Curriculum Models
S.B. 3244
Provides legislative findings. Directs the state board, immediately upon the effective date of this amendatory act, to coordinate the acquisition, adaptation, and development of middle and high school mathematics curriculum models to aid districts and teachers...
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Indigenous Language Instruction
S.B. 57
Indicates the circumstances under which the education department may issue a Native American Language and Cultural instruction authorization to an individual. A district may adopt a policy to grant general education or world language credit for successful comp...
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Enhance Physical Education Task Force
S.B. 3374
Establishes the Enhance Physical Education Task Force. Establishes various purposes of the task force. Directs the task force to (1) make recommendations to the governor and the general assembly on certain goals of the Illinois Learning Standards for Physical ...
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Appropriations and Reappropriations
S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations
From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partnership academies, instructional support to help pupils pass the high school exit examination, English language tutoring ...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Physical Exercise Requirement for Grades K-5
S.B. 458
(Sec. 9) Requires public schools to include a total of 20 minutes of physical exercise in each regular school day for students in kindergarten through grade five. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/ACT/PA/2012PA-00116-R00SB-00458-PA.htm...
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| VA | Vetoed 04/2012 | P-12 | Physical Education Requirements
S.B. 471
Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations governing physical education requirements in public schools. The Board shall promulgate the regulations to be effective beginning with the 2015 - 2016 school year.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp5...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Physical Education Regulations
H.B. 1092
Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations governing physical education requirements in public schools. The Board shall promulgate the regulations to be effective beginning with the 2015 - 2016 school year.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp60...
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Organ and Tissue Donation in Health and Science Curriculum Frameworks
A.B. 1967
From bill summary: Requires the Instructional Quality Commission and the state board to ensure that the health and science curriculum frameworks adopted in the course of the next submission cycle include the subject of organ procurement and tissue donation, as...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Science and Education Advisory Council
S.B. 290
Creates the Science and Education Advisory Council to provide advice and information as requested by the executive board of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for Research and Education. Establishes membership from specified postsecondary entities. D...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Core Academic Standard Implementation
S.B. 293
Requires that the county board include in its goals to improve student academic achievement a description of how it plans to ensure and measure academic proficiency of students in core academic subjects at various points during the elementary and secondary edu...
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| TN | Became law without governor's signature 04/2012 | P-12 | Teacher Protections -- Evolution
H.B. 368
Provides that the state board, district, school board, or school administrators shall not prohibit any teacher for how he/she reviews controversial science subjects (e.g., evolution, cloning, global warming). Protects the teacher from discipline.
http://www.c...
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Sex Education
S.B. 3310
Provides that sex education shall be abstinence-centered. Prevents programs that promote or condone "gateway sexual activities," which are sexual activities that put the student at risk of pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. Requires parental notificat...
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Partnership Between Parents and Schools to Promote the Optimal Health and Well-Being of Pupils
S.B. 237
Repeals provisions that encouraged boards to ensure that pupils were provided age-appropriate instruction in human growth and development. Replaced with provision to foster a partnership between parents and schools to promote the optimal health and well-being ...
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | AIDS-related Curricula
H.B. 2414
Requires the office of research and education accountability and the department of health to do studies on AIDS curricula. Directs department to survey other state health departments' AIDS public outreach and education programs.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bill...
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| UT | Vetoed 03/2012 | P-12 | Health Education Amendments
H.B. 363
Defines "abstinence only instructional materials" and "human sexuality instruction or instructional program". Specifies that a local board or charter school governing board may, but is not required to, provide human sexuality instruction or instructional progr...
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Labor History Month
A.B. 2269
From bill summary: Moves Labor History Month from April to May. Continues existing provision encouraging districts to commemorate that month with appropriate educational exercises that make pupils aware of the role the labor movement has played in shaping Cali...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | History-Social Science Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria for Instructional Materials
S.B. 1540
From bill summary: Existing law prohibits the state board from adopting instructional materials until the 2015–16 school year. These provisions authorize the state board to consider the adoption of a revised curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for ins...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Instruction in Bracero Program
S.B. 993
From bill summary: Authorizes social sciences instruction for grades 7-12 to include instruction on the Bracero program. Authorizes that instruction to include a component drawn from personal testimony. Requires that these provisions be carried out in a manner...
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | History/Civics Course Content Requirements
H.B. 436
Requires instruction on the Founding Principles of the U.S. to be integrated into the high school American history and civics courses. Addresses guidelines for course content.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=805387...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Core Academic Standard Implementation
S.B. 293
Requires that the county board include in its goals to improve student academic achievement a description of how it plans to ensure and measure academic proficiency of students in core academic subjects at various points during the elementary and secondary edu...
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| WV | Adopted 03/2012 | P-12 | Social Studies Content Standards and Objectives for West Virginia Schools
WV ADC s 126-44D-1, 2, 3, 4
Defines content standards and instructional goals and objectives for social studies program of study, consistent with West Virginia's move to adopt the common core standards. Broadens scope of curriculum to include 21st century content standards and objectives...
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| DE | Adopted 07/2012 | P-12 | Data Governance
14 DE ADC 294
Outlines the criteria and process for interagency data governance and the conduction of evaluation, audits and studies pursuant to 14 Del.C. §§121, 122 and 4111.
http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/july2012/final/16%20DE%20Reg%2067%2007-01-12.htm...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | Community College | Community College Public-Private Partnership Pilot Program
A.B. 2309
From bill summary: Authorize the board of governors of the California Community Colleges, once sufficient funding becomes available, to establish a competitive grant pilot program to evaluate a public-private partnership model designed to accomplish specified ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12
Community College | California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program
S.B. 1402
From bill summary: Generally recasts and revises the provisions governing the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program that is repealed by existing law on January 1, 2013, excluding the provisions relating to the economic and wo...
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| ID | Issued 07/2012 | Postsec. | Establishing Workforce Development Council
2012 ID EO 12-04
Creates the Idaho Workforce Development Council (the "Council") in accordance with section 111(e) and 117(c)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998.
The Council shall consist of not more than 33 members appointed by the Governor, consistent with f...
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2012 | Postsec. | Agreements for Economic Development
S.B. 1308
Authorizes the State System of Higher Education and its employees to enter into agreements for economic development advantageous to both the universities and employees. Provides for approval and notice of such agreements. Requires the State System and each uni...
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Home-Buying Assistance for College Graduates
S.B. 78
Expands the types of higher education institutions that graduates can come from in order to participate in the Learn Here, Live Here program which assists postsecondary graduates from in the state to buy their first house in the state. http://www.cga.ct.gov/20...
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Employment Training for Students with Autism
S.B. 41
Directs the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Board of Regents for Higher Education, to study model programs concerning the preemployment training and employment of young adults with autism spectrum ...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Pacific International Space Center for Education Systems
H.B. 2873
Transfers the Pacific international space center for exploration systems (PISCES) from the University of Hawaii to the department of business, economic development, and tourism's office of aerospace development. Establishes a PISCES board of directors and prov...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Leasing of Campus Grounds to Businesses in a Business Incubator or Research Park
S.B. 412
Permits a college or university's governing board to grant a lease to a business in an area on college/university grounds that the college or university has designated as a business incubator or research park, subject to specified conditions. http://legis.la.g...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Career Connection Learning Strategies
S.B. 316 - Career Connection Learning Strategies
Not later than June 30, 2013, directs the state board, in consultation with any office housed in the governor's office that deals with workforce development, to adopt K-12 model curricula that embed career connection learning strategies into regular classroom ...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council
H.B. 331
Creates the Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council. Includes among council membership two representatives from institutions of higher education and one representative from a community or technical college that have cybersecurity-related pro...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Workforce Development
S.B. 316 - Workforce Development
Requires all state agencies engaged in workforce development activities to assist the state workforce policy board in the performance of its duties. Directs governor to designate 9 members of board as voting members; provides other members are ex officio membe...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Workforce Investment
S.B. 318 - Workforce Investment
From K-12 appropriations bill: Provides that workforce development funds may be expended for technical dual enrollment programs. Also requires that up to $200,000 be used to provide regional council seed funding in Regions 3 and 8 to develop leadership strateg...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | Community College
Postsec. | Community College Two-year Degree Programs
H.B. 1214
The bill allows a Colorado community college to offer a two-year degree program with academic designation in nursing or dental hygiene without a valid student transfer agreement..
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F46C5C7574E6067F...
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| HI | Adopted 05/2012 | Postsec. | Advanced Aviation Degree Training Program at the University of Hawaii
H.C.R. 107
Requests that the governor convene a 10-member exploratory committee to examine the feasibility and necessary resources of establishing an international aviation training center at the Hilo International Airport and an advanced aviation degree training program...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Worker Training Programs in Community Colleges
S.F. 2321 - Division II
This section adds a new subsection requiring the Department of Workforce Development to issue a quarterly report identifying Iowa industries in which there is a shortage of skilled workers. Also establishes for the community colleges a gap tuition assistance ...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2012 | Postsec. | Northeast Maryland Higher Education Advisory Board
H.B. 362
Establishes the Northeast Maryland Higher Education Advisory Board to support the development of higher education in two rural counties in Maryland. Requires representatives on Board to include members from the regional business industries and from the county...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | The Skills For Jobs Act
H.B. 1061
To the extent possible, requires state agencies to produce an annual report regarding state workforce need projections and college credential production. The report also should indicated anticipated credentials that high school vocational programs, apprentices...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Adults with Disabilities Workforce Education Pilot Program
H.B. 5201 - Adults with Disabilities Workforce Education Pilot Program
Establishes a two-year Adults with Disabilities Workforce Education Pilot Program in four counties to make scholarships available for students with disabilities (age 22-30) who are receiving instruction in a private school to meet state-set high school graduat...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Career Themed Courses, Career Academies, and Workforce Alignment
H.B. 7059 - Career Themed Courses, Career Academies, and Workforce Alignment
Defines "career-themed course" as a course or series of courses leading to industry certification, and aligned with priority workforce needs established by the regional workforce board or the department of economic opportunity. Permits two or more districts to...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Economic Security Report of Employment and Earning Outcomes
H.B. 7135 - Economic Security Report of Employment and Earning Outcomes
Directs the department of economic opportunity to prepare an economic security report of employment and earning outcomes for degrees or certificates earned at public postsecondary educational institutions. Requires that the report be easily accessible to and r...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec.
Community College | Educational Bridge Programs for Low-income Adults
L.B. 1079
To fill the skills gap of educated workers needed to serve key roles in high-demand industries, provides competitive grants for educational bridge programs for low-income adults. Defines bridge program as a structured career pathway program, developed in partn...
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| IL | Adopted 03/2012 | P-12 | Urging Passage of Pathways Back to Work Legislation
S.R. 596
Urges President Obama and Congress to pass the $5 billion Pathways Back to Work legislation as soon as possible to create an employment program throughout the year, with a particular emphasis on the creation of summer employment for 500,000 youth and adults, b...
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | SUNY Challenge Grant Program
A.B. 9057 - SUNY Challenge Grant Program,
Part O: Defines "SUNY Challenge Grant Program" as a long-term economic and academic plan submitted by a college, university or community college, subject to the approval of the governor and chancellor of the state university of New York. (2011 S.B. 5855, a.k.a...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Workforce Development Advisory Committee
H.B. 4141
Makes the Governor and the members of the State Workforce Investment Board, or a subcommittee composed of members of the board designated by the board, an advisory committee to develop initiatives related to workforce development. Final report to be submitted ...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Higher Education Coordinating Commission
S.B. 1538
Expands duties of Higher Education Coordinating Commission to include the development and recommendation of policies to ensure or improve access to higher education
by underserved populations, recommend and encourage student success and completion initiatives,...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2012 | Community College
Postsec. | Workforce Training for Aerospace and Materials Manufacturing
H.B. 2156
Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to: (1) Facilitate coordination and alignment of aerospace training programs to the maximum extent possible; and (2) Establish an aerospace and advanced materials manufacturing pipeline advisory com...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2012 | Community College | Collaboration Between Public School and Higher Education Systems to Promote Seamless Curricula
S.B. 436
Authorizes a program of adult basic education at each state community and technical college campus where developmental education services are provided. This approach to providing adult basic education links the programs students study under with developmental ...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Employee Appointments
A.B. 2125
From bill summary: Until December 31, 2015, in a district with a pupil population over 400,000, authorizes an employee appointment to specified classifications of positions to be made from other than the first 3 ranks on the eligibility list if specialized lic...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Community Schools
S.B. 316 - Community Schools
Permits the department's office of Ohio school sponsorship to assume sponsorship of a community school whose sponsorship has been revoked by the department. Permits the office to extend the term of a contract for a school whose sponsorship it has assumed. Prov...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Approval and Funding
S.B. 458
(Sec. 29-31) Starting in FY 14, allows the SBE (starting in 2014), within available appropriations, to approve (1) operating grants of up to $ 3,000 per student and (2) grants of up to $ 500,000 as startup costs to establish local charter schools on or after J...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Revenue from Students Graduating Early
H.F. 2949
Repeals the provision that required general education revenues for a student graduating early to be paid as though the student was in attendence for the entire year. Also repeals a provision that exempted these requirements for student participation in the two...
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| NH | Became law without governor's signature 06/2012 | P-12 | Adequate Education Grants
S.B. 401
Amends the definition of "determination year" for the purpose of calculating adequate education grants and authorizes the commissioner of the department of education to make adjustments in adequate education grants based on variations in the average daily memb...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Adequacy Education Funding Study
H.B. 1214
Requires the Maryland State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Budget and Management and the Department of Legislative Services to contract with a public or private entity to conduct a study of the adequacy of education funding in ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12
Community College | Paying Interest on Bond Notes via Property Tax
A.B. 794
From bill summary: Instead of requiring the interest on school district or community college district bond anticipation notes notes to be paid from the tax levied to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, authorizes the interest on the notes to be pai...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12
Community College | School Bonds: Citizens' Oversight Committee
A.B. 1199
Requires that members of an independent citizens' oversight committee (established by a district or community college if voters approve financing for certain types of school facilities) serve for a minimum term of 2 years without compensation and for no more t...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | BRAC Districts, Use of BRAC Bonds Funds for School Bus Fleets
H.B. 407
Changes the baseline date for the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Distributions provisions in the education code from January 1, 2010 to January 1, 2006. Increases the amount the Alabama Public School and College Authority is authorized to issue bonds for ...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | District School Board Bonds
H.B. 465
Extends the allowable time period for school district bonds from 20 years to 30 years. Streamlines the language defining when bonds are to be made recallable. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0465er.docx&DocumentType=Bil...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Inglewood Unified School District Takeover and Emergency Loan
S.B. 533
From bill summary: Expresses legislative intent to provide emergency apportionment assistance to the Inglewood Unified School District. Requires the state superintendent to assume all the rights, duties, and powers of the governing board of the Inglewood Unifi...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Indirect Cost Rates
A.B. 2435
From bill summary: Requires, until January 1, 2016, the department of education, and any other state agency that administers a grant or allocation of federal funds to a district, to allow an indirect cost rate that is not less than the indirect cost rate estab...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Districts Receiving Emergency Apportionments
A.B. 2279
Amends conditions under which a trustee and necessary staff appointed to a district receiving an emergency apportionment must serve (a trustee must be appointed to a district by the superintendent of public instruction if the district board requests an emergen...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | State Superintendent Reassuming Rights, Duties, Powers of Insolvent District
A.B. 2662 - State Superintendent Reassuming Rights, Duties, Powers of Insolvent District
From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to reassume the rights, duties, and powers of a district receiving an emergency apportionment during the period of the trustee's appointment and when specified improvement plans are violate...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Authority of a County Superintendent to Change a District's Fiscal Certification
A.B. 2662 - Authority of a County Superintendent to Change a District's Fiscal Certification
From bill summary: Permits a county superintendent of schools to change a district's certification (that it can meet its financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year and for the subsequent fiscal year) from qualified to negative if it is determin...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Local Tax Rates for Recently Consolidated Districts
S.B. 3252
Allows greater flexibility for recently consolidated districts when setting their local tax rate in the four years after consolidation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1022.pdf...
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| NJ | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Aid to Districts with High Enrollment Growth
S 1792
Provides supplemental appropriation of $4.141 million from Property Tax Relief Fund to the Department of Education for aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/AL12/37_.PDF...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Evaluation of Appointed Administrator for Emergency Apportionment District
A.B. 2278
From bill summary: Authorizes the governing board of a qualifying district, after one complete fiscal year has elapsed following the district's acceptance of an emergency apportionment, to conduct an annual advisory evaluation of the administrator appointed by...
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Financially Distressed School Districts
H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions
This section adds new article VI-A converning school district financial recovery in all school districts other than Philadelphia. Requires the state department to develop and implement an early warning system plus guidelines to compile and analyze information ...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Emergency Expenditures
S.B. 373
Authorizes a school district to retain funds for emergency expenditures or to reduce the tax rate. Makes changes to the definition and enrollment requirements for regional vocational education centers in the Manchester school district and provides that the Man...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | District Expenditure Reporting
S.B. 316 - District Expenditure Reporting
Amends provisions related to department development of standards for determining each district, community school, and STEM school's annual operating expenditures for classroom instructional purposes and for nonclassroom purposes. Requires the department to ali...
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Authority to Reopen Budgets
H.B. 1901 - Section 616
Gives districts the authority to reopen their budget due to changes in federal or state allocations. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=DOC&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1901&pn=3885...
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Authority of a Commonwealth Partnership School District
H.B. 1901 - Sec. 1704-B
Section 1704-B continues provisions of the Empowerment Act that were scheduled to expire June 30, 2012. A Commonwealth Partnership School District is authorized to: 1) cancel or renegotiate any contract, other than collective bargaining agreements, for the pur...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | District Budgets, Accounting
H.B. 7323A
Budget Bill. Includes amendments that require districts to use a uniform system of accounting that includes a standardized budget process to ensure districts can annually assess investment priorities and incorporate long range planning. Require that, upon comp...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Classroom Supplies
S.B. 257
Provides each K-12 public classroom teacher $300 annually from the Education Trust Fund. Defines "classroom supplies." Authorizes the state superintendent of education to promulgate rules regarding implementation of these provisions, including a simple and min...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Exemptions from Competitive Bidding Requirements Expanded
H.B. 504
Expands exemptions from competitive bidding requirements by local boards of education to include exemptions from additional cooperative purchasing programs. ...
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Local Budget Certifications and Bonding
L.B. 633
Allows for refunding bonds at the district level and sets parameters. Adjusts dates by which districts must certify budgets and the state legislature must certify state aid (to May 1 for FY 2012-13, then to March 1 of subsequent years.
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | District Funding
S.B. 3044
Provides school districts may pursue and receive federal or private grants for educational purposes. Finds that local school boards must approve the expenditure if the grant requires matching funds.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3044.pdf...
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| TX | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Financial Exigency
19 TAC 109.2001
Defines "financial exigency." As required by 2011 S.B. 8, establishes minimum standards concerning school district financial conditions that must exist for declaration of a financial exigency by the district board of trustees. Requires the board to notify the ...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Incentives for Mergers of Supervisory Unions and District Mergers
S.B. 113 - Mergers Section
Provides fiscal incentives for supervisory unions that decide to merge and for regional districts and district mergers.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT156.pdf...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Financial Emergencies
S.B. 368
From bill summary: Requires the Auditor General to notify each member of the governing body of a district board, charter school, or charter technical career center of certain fund balance deficits. Removes a condition under which local governmental entities, c...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Audits (Including of School Districts and Postsecondary Institutions)
H.B. 5201 - Audits (Including of School Districts and Postsecondary Institutions)
Directs the Auditor General to notify the legislative auditing committee of any financial or operational audit report that indicates that a state university or Florida College System institution has failed to take full corrective action in response to a recomm...
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting of school employee misconduct to the board of educational examiners.
H.F. 2383
Requires local boards, local or regional superintendents, directors of accredited nonpublic schools, etc. to report any disciplinary action for school employee misconduct to the board of educational examiners. Conduct to be reported includes the following: (a)...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Finance - Maintenance of Effort
S.B. 848
Requires a county to apply to the board for a waiver from the Maintenance of Effort requirement if it cannot be funded and establishes penalties if a waiver is not applied for. http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/chapters_noln/Ch_6_sb0848T.pdf...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Shared Time Aid
H.F. 2949
Provides that the resident district of a a shared time pupil taking classes in a charter school must grant the charter school permission to claim the pupil for state aid purposes.Requires state aid be paid to the charter school, and if the resident district ag...
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| MN | Vetoed 04/2012 | P-12 | Omnibus K-12 bill
H.F. 2083
Increases the school district aid payment shift percentage from 64.3 to 70.2 in fiscal year 2012 and adjusts appropriation accordingly.
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/HF2083.3.pdf...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Extends Repealer on Requirement that Districts with File Budget Cuts Plan
H.B. 909
Extends the repealer from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2015, on the provision requiring school districts with a low ending balance of school maintenance funds to submit plans of cost reductions to the state department of education.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Personnel
S.B. 2982
Provides that an LEA may, at its discretion, choose to hire a building manager in lieu of an assistant principal.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2982.pdf...
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Fiscal Crisis Team
H.B. 2270
Allows State Board of Education (SBE) to appoint a fiscal crisis team, in addition to a receiver, for a school district that the SBE determines is insolvent or has grossly mismanaged its finances. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/bills/hb2270h.pdf...
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| IL | Adopted 03/2012 | P-12 | Equal Funding for All Chicago Students
H.R. 843
Urges the administration of the Chicago Public School District to allocate equal funding for each student, regardless of where that student attends school.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HR/PDF/09700HR0843lv.pdf...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Adoption of Budget for Reorganized School.
H.B. 1058
Permits two or more school corporations to publish notices, hold public hearings, and take final action for the adoption of property tax levies, property tax rates, and a budget for the reorganized school corporation after the voters approve a plan of reorgani...
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Portion of State Funding Contingent on Adoption of Teacher and Principal Evaluation Process
A.B. 9057 - Portion of State Funding Contingent on Adoption of Teacher and Principal Evaluation Process
Part A, Section 1: Requires a school district, to be eligible for an apportionment of general support for public schools from the funds appropriated for the 2012-13 school year in excess of the amount apportioned to the district in the base year, to submit doc...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | One-Time Appropriation for Classroom Supplies
S.B. 2
Section 4: Directs the state board to provide teachers in districts, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, and charter schools with a one-time appropriation for classroom supplies. Varies the amount teachers must receive, depending on grade level taught...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Expenditures and Reports on Instructional Spending
H.B. 250
Requires each local school board to report annually to the Board of Education the percentage of its annual operating budget allocated to instructional costs. The Board of Education shall include this information in the annual School Performance Report Card for...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | School District Financial Insolvency.
H.B. 2617
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to convene a financial oversight committee to review the financial condition of a financially insolvent school district.http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202012/2617-S.SL...
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| MI | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | School Aid
H.B. 5194
Amends code to provide that the pledge of state aid by a school district or ISD for the payment of notes is valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. Further provides that a school district or ISD operating under an emergency financial manager p...
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| NM | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | School District Financial Flexiblity
S.B. 209
The legislature finds that districts need flexibility to meet state fiscal solvency requirements. For the 2012-2013 school year, the secretary may waive requirements of the Public School Code and rules promulgated in accordance with that code pertaining to ind...
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| AR | Adopted 01/2012 | P-12 | Expenditure Requirements by Arkansas School Districts
AR ADC 005.04.6-1.00 to AR ADC 005.04.6-8.00
Repeals rules and regulations governing expenditure requirements by Arkansas school districts for teacher salaries, special education, vocational education, alternative education, and gifted and talented programs.
http://170.94.37.152/REGS/005.04.11-004F-12809...
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| RI | Signed into law 01/2012 | P-12 | Budget Commission to Certify Payments to Districts
H.B. 7052 and S.B. 2016
Authorizes Budget Commission established under Title 45 of the Rhode Island General Laws to certify to the Rhode Island Department of Revenue the need to advance payments of the state's basic education program.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext12/housetex...
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| IL | Adopted 03/2012 | P-12 | Equal Funding for All Chicago Students
H.R. 843
Urges the administration of the Chicago Public School District to allocate equal funding for each student, regardless of where that student attends school.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HR/PDF/09700HR0843lv.pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12
Community College | Design-Build Contracts for District and Community College District Facilities
S.B. 1509
Primarily from bill summary: Extends until January 1, 2020 the authority of a district governing board or community college district governing board to enter into a design-build contract for both the design and
construction of a facility (was due to expire Jan...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Use of School Property for Non-School Youth and School Activities
S.B. 1404
From bill summary: Until January 1, 2020, expands the definition of direct costs that a school district governing board may charge an entity for the use of school facilities or grounds for use by entities that promote youth and school activities or that arrang...
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | School Facilities Special Fund
S.B. 2534
Establishes a school facilities special fund, to be administered by the department of education in consultation with the board of education. Provides all proceeds from leases, permits, interest income generated from public school lands and facilities, and othe...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Debt for Construction
H.B. 1225
Authorizes chartered public schools to incur long-term debt for the purpose of purchasing buildings or land or for new construction or renovations.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1225.html...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Ohio School Facilities Commission Assistance
S.B. 316 - Ohio School Facilities Commission Assistance
Permits the Ohio school facilities commission to provide assistance to a district that has entered into an expedited local partnership agreement before the district is otherwise eligible for that assistance, if the commission determines all of specified criter...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | STEM School Facility Assistance
S.B. 316 - STEM School Facility Assistance
Amends provisions related to provision of Ohio school facilities commission funding to a STEM school to assist in the acquisition of classroom facilities. Provides that in the case of a governing body of a group of STEM schools, the governing body must submit...
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Moratorium on Construction
H.B. 1901 - Section 732.1
Places a moratorium on acceptance of new school building construction or reconstruction project applications (except those received by August 1, 2012). Requires the department, in consultation with district officials and the General Assembly, to conduct of rev...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Facilities Funding
S.B. 121
The bill extends the time for the notice from 3 to 4 months for a charter school to give notice of intent to apply for financial assistance through the building excellent schools today (BEST) program. The bill changes the factors that apply to charter school a...
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Amending Laws Regarding Financial Audits, Construction, Summer School Tuition Rates
H.P. 1284-Finance
Part A amends and clarifies audit requirements in order for the State and school administrative units to be in compliance with federal regulations and also enacts statutory language requiring the audit of state-funded school construction projects
Part B requi...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | K-12 Public School Facility Funding Task Force
H.B. 5101 - K-12 Public School Facility Funding Task Force
Establishes for the 2012-13 fiscal year the K-12 Public School Facility Funding Task Force. Identifies task force membership. Requires the task force to convene by July 31, 2012 to make recommendations to the legislature for more equitable facility funding for...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Capital Outlay Funds Replace Exceptional Growth Program
H.B. 760
Makes changes to the state's facility funding program including:
--Eliminating additional funding for "exceptional growth" districts
--Striking a section of the law that would have allowed local voters to protest the closing of a school
--Striking a section of...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Pub School Facilities Funding
H.B. 633
The recent construction of a new elementary school in the Plummer-Worley School District
represents the first use of the state failsafe provided through HB 743 (2006), ensuring that no
child in Idaho will attend school in an unsafe facility. While the process ...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Levy for Administrative Space
H.F. 2949
Authorizes a district to levy in order to lease administrative space so long as the space is not more expensive than instructional space the district would otherwise lease. Requires the district to pass a resolution stating its intent to lease instructional sp...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission, School Trust Lands Director
H.F. 2244
Establishes the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission (previously the Permanent School Fund Advisory Committee), dictates its 12 members, outlines meeting and election proceedures, and adds to its duties manage the asset allocation of the permanent scho...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Additional State and Federal Funds to Support Early Literacy Assessment and Interventions
S.B. 316 - Additional State and Federal Funds to Support Early Literacy Assessment and Interventions
By December 31, 2012, directs the superintendent of public instruction and the governor's director of 21st century education to issue a report to the governor and general assembly on the department's ability to to reprioritize state and federal funds appropria...
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| TX | Adopted 10/2012 | P-12 | Calculating FTE Counts for Districts Serving a Significant Migrant Population
19 TAC 129.1021
From Texas Register: Adds provisions to reflect the agency's current practice for determining full-time-equivalent (FTE) counts for special education, bilingual education, and career and technical education allotments for school districts and charter schools i...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | At-Risk Pupil Funding and Expenditures
S.B. 754
From bill summary: Requires a district, as a condition of the receipt of at-risk pupil funding (i.e., economic impact aid funds, allocated based on the number of economically disadvantaged pupils and English learners in the district), to post in an easily acce...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | P-12 | California Task Force on School Finance
A.B. 18
From bill summary: Establishes a 21-member California Task Force on School Finance as of January 1, 2013, to review and analyze alternative funding formulas, in order to identify and recommend a formula or formulas that best meet the needs of the state's publi...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Programs Eligible for Block Grant
S.B. 1028 - Programs Eligible for Block Grant
From bill summary: Under the California Constitution, whenever the legislature or a state agency mandates a new program or higher level of service on any local government, including a school district and a
community college district, the state is required to p...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Computing Average Daily Attendance for Students in Online Instruction
A.B. 644
From bill summary: Commencing with the 2014–15 school year, authorizes, for purposes of computing average daily attendance, the inclusion of pupils in grades 9-12, under the immediate supervision and control of a certificated employee of the school district or...
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| HI | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Review of State Funding for ESL and Hawaiian Language Programs
S.R. 43
Requests that the University of Hawaii, with the assistance of the department of education and other educational organizations as appropriate, review the state's funding for existing English as a Second Language and Hawaiian language programs offered in Hawaii...
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| LA | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Legislative Approval of the MFP Formula for FY 2012-13 as Adopted by BESE on 2-27-12
S.C.R. 99
Provides for legislative approval of the formula for the 2012-13 school year to determine the cost of a minimum foundation program (MFP) of education in all public elementary and secondary schools as well as to equitably allocate the funds to local school syst...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Schools Not Open Due to Law Enforcement Emergencies
S.B. 316 - Schools Not Open Due to Law Enforcement Emergencies
Waives from calculation of full-time equivalency/minimum school calendar requirements for traditional public schools and community schools any hours or days that learning opportunities were not offered due to law enforcement emergencies.
Pages 159 and 173 of 5...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Average Daily Membership
S.B. 1456
Limits the window during which the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) can conduct Average Daily Membership (ADM) audits to three years from the time the monitoring or audit activity begins; Allows ADE to adjust funding for a school district or charter schoo...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Low Performing Districts
S.B. 458
(Sec. 34) Defines an alliance district as a town whose school district is among those with the lowest academic performance as measured by a district performance index (DPI) the bill establishes. For FY 13, the bill requires the education commissioner to design...
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Amending Laws Regarding Financial Audits, Construction, Summer School Tuition Rates
H.P. 1284-Finance
Part A amends and clarifies audit requirements in order for the State and school administrative units to be in compliance with federal regulations and also enacts statutory language requiring the audit of state-funded school construction projects
Part B requi...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Educational Opportunities Working Group
S.B. 113 - Section on State Funding
Creates a working group to review and evaluate how the state's current system allocates financial and other resources in a way that promotes high quality, equitable educational opportunities for students throughout the state and how impediments to opportunity,...
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Task Force On Education Funding
H.B. 2824
Establishes the joint task force on education funding to: (1) Develop a proposal for a reliable and dependable funding mechanism to support basic education programs; and (2) Consider the specific recommendations, from the quality education council, for the tra...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Charter School Administrative Fee
H.B. 5101 - Charter School Administrative Fee
From bill analysis: Reduces the 5% charter school administrative fee charged by school districts for schools that have an exceptional student enrollment that is 75% or greater of the total school enrollment. Bases the fee for affected schools on unweighted FTE...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Delay of Class Size Penalty
H.B. 5101 - Delay of Class Size Penalty
From bill analysis: Delays the increased class size penalty (from 50% to the full amount of the base student allocation) until 2014-2015, including a retroactive adjustment of the 2011-2012 penalty calculation.
Bill text (pages 17-18 of 41): http://myfloridaho...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Funding for Juvenile Justice Education Programs
H.B. 5101 - Funding for Juvenile Justice Education Programs
Calcifies the amount of state and local funding to which juvenile justice education programs are entitled.
Pages 18-20 of 41: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5101er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5101&Session=2012...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Funding for School Health Nurse Programs
S.B. 403
Includes school nurses in state funding formula based on full-time equivalent student counts. Requires one nurse for every 750 full-time equivalent students at the elementary level and one nurse for every 1,500 studetns at the secondary level. Sets additional ...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | District in a County in Which a Disaster Has Been Declared
H.B. 255
For the 2011-12 school year, directs the commissioner of education to waive up to 10 instructional days for a district in a county in which a disaster has been declared. Permits a district in a county in which a disaster has been declared, when submitting the ...
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| NY | Issued 04/2012 | P-12 | Establishing the New NY Education Reform Commission
E.O. No. 44
Establishes the New NY Education Reform Commission to provide guidance and advice to the governor on education policy, performance, and innovation. Directs the commission to study the best national and international public education models and best practices t...
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | No School Pupil Enrollment Counts On Holidays
H.B. 1090
Changes the language of the annual pupil count day from October 1 to Pupil Enrollment Count Day to provide flexibility in case Oct. 1 falls on a weekend, holiday or other situation. The education department can establish alternative dates for year-round school...
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| ID | Became law without governor's signature 03/2012 | P-12 | School Funding Based on Average Daily Attendance Formula
H.B. 603
Provides for 97% average daily attendance (ADA) funding protection for Idaho school districts. This is important because school districts must make teacher contract offers by
no later than July 1st, before they know how many students will show up for school at...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Nonpublic to Public Student Records Transfer, Charter Start-up Grants
H.B. 1189
Requires an accredited nonpublic school to provide sufficient verbal information to permit a requesting school to which a child transfers to make an appropriate placement decision when the parent of the child is in breach of a contract that conditions release ...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Local Discretionary Block Grant Program
H.B. 156 - Local Discretionary Block Grant Program
Repeals 53A-17a-123, which required the state board to distribute money appropriated for the Local Discretionary Block Grant Program to school districts and charter schools according to a board-adopted formula. http://le.utah.gov/~2012/bills/hbillenr/hb0156.pd...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Repealing Certain School Funding Provisions
H.B. 156 - Repealing Certain School Funding Provisions
Repeals 53A-17a-131.9, which governed use of monies appropriated to or received by the State Board of Education to maintain Title 63M, Chapter 9, Families, Agencies, and Communities Together for Children and Youth At Risk Act. Repeals 53A-17a-131.16, provision...
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| CA | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Budget Act of 2011
S.B. 81
Requires the state to readjust how budget cuts impact district funding. District funding would be reduced by a rate of 9.57% instead of 8.92%. The money saved by this budget move would be used to help restore $248 million to school district transportation fund...
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| NJ | Issued 02/2012 | P-12 | Creates the New Jersey Education Funding Task Force
E.O. 89
Creates the New Jersey Education Funding Task Force to examine the state's school funding formula and identify areas that may be susceptible to fraud or subject to outside manipulation. Additionally, the Task Force is directed to consider: (a) economically eff...
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| HI | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Resource Development Program
S.C.R. 77
Requests the board of education and department of education to establish a statewide resource development program. Resolves that that the statewide resource development program utilize the expertise of established programs of specified high schools to assist t...
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Community College | Lottery Funds for Classes for Adults and Regional Occupational Centers
A.B. 2662 - Lottery Funds
From final bill analysis: Extends to 2014-15 provisions in which payments from the California State Lottery Education Fund include the same amount of average daily attendance for classes for adults and regional occupational centers as made in the 2007-08 fisca...
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School Start Dates
S.B. 318 - School Start Dates
From K-12 appropriations bill: Establishes legislative intent that local school systems be permitted to develop flexible school terms extending over the school year including late school start dates. School systems are encouraged to use late school dates to re...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School District Consortium to Increase Purchasing Power
H.B. 5101 - School District Consortium to Increase Purchasing Power
Requires each local board to enter into an interlocal agreement to establish the School District Consortium to maximize the purchasing power for goods and services. Provides a consortium may be statewide or regional, as appropriate to achieve the lowest cost.
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| NY | Issued 04/2012 | P-12 | Establishing the New NY Education Reform Commission
E.O. No. 44
Establishes the New NY Education Reform Commission to provide guidance and advice to the governor on education policy, performance, and innovation. Directs the commission to study the best national and international public education models and best practices t...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Expenditures and Reports on Instructional Spending
H.B. 250
Requires each local school board to report annually to the Board of Education the percentage of its annual operating budget allocated to instructional costs. The Board of Education shall include this information in the annual School Performance Report Card for...
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Appropriations and Reappropriations
S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations
From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partnership academies, instructional support to help pupils pass the high school exit examination, English language tutoring ...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Elimination of Certain Special Funds in the State Treasury
S.B. 590
Eliminates various special funds in the state treasury, including the School and District Accountability Rewards Fund and the Teacher Educational Aid for Children (TEACH) Fund (for pay or salary increases for certificated personnel), the Job Reserve Fund (to p...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Low Performing Districts
S.B. 458
(Sec. 34) Defines an alliance district as a town whose school district is among those with the lowest academic performance as measured by a district performance index (DPI) the bill establishes. For FY 13, the bill requires the education commissioner to design...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Full Time Equivalent Positions
S.B. 1398
Limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 23.75 and provides guidance for employee compensation and benefits.
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/S1398.pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Budget Act of 2011
S.B. 81
Requires the state to readjust how budget cuts impact district funding. District funding would be reduced by a rate of 9.57% instead of 8.92%. The money saved by this budget move would be used to help restore $248 million to school district transportation fund...
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Prohibition of Pupil Fees
A.B. 1575
Primarily from bill summary: Defines "pupil fee." Defines "educational activity" as an activity that constitutes an integral fundamental part of elementary and secondary education, including, but not limited to, curricular and extracurricular activities. Prohi...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Programming Instruction Fees
H.B. 1195
Forbids school districts to collect a fee for providing programming as a high school extracurricular activity.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2012/Bills/HB1195ENR.pdf...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Fee for Early Childhood Services
H.B. 1195
Permits schools to charge a fee for early childhood services for any child who is under the age of compulsory attendance pursuant to § 13-27-1 and is not enrolled in kindergarten or a more advanced grade. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2012/Bills/HB1195ENR....
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2012 | P-12 | Family Costs at Illinois School for the Deaf and Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
S.B. 274
Removes language requiring the department of human services to complete a financial analysis on each student attending the Illinois School for the Deaf or the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired and to ask parents or guardians to participate, if applicab...
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| NH | Adopted 12/2012 | P-12 | Education Tax Credit Program
NH ADC Rev 3201.01-08; 3202.01-.03; 3203.01-.03; NH ADC Rev 3204.01, 02; NH ADC Rev 3205.01; NH ADC Rev 3206.01, 02
Chapter Rev 3200 sets forth the Department's proposed rules for the application procedure for a scholarship organization applying to accept scholarship donations, the application procedure for a business organization or business enterprise applying for a tax c...
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| NH | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2012 | P-12 | EducationTax Credit
H.B. 1607/S.B. 372
Establishes an education tax credit against the business profits tax and/or the business enterprise tax for business organizations and business enterprises that contribute to scholarship organizations which award scholarships to be used by students to defray e...
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| PA | Passed 06/2012 | P-12 | Select Committee to Study District and Local Government Sources of Revenue
H.R. 774
Resolution establishing a select committee to investigate and review the interrelationship between all current sources of school district and local government tax revenue, with a focus on property taxes, the current system of Federal and State funding of schoo...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Appraised Value of School Lands
L.B. 800
Changes provisions relating to appraised value of school lands. Specifies that appraised value is to be determined by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.
http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB800.pdf...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | Postsec. | California Hope Public Trust
A.B. 2442
Primarily from bill summary: Provides that the purpose of the California Hope Public Trust is to increase revenue for higher education by developing state properties that are currently underutilized. Establishes the California Hope Public Trust in state govern...
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | School Facilities Special Fund
S.B. 2534
Establishes a school facilities special fund, to be administered by the department of education in consultation with the board of education. Provides all proceeds from leases, permits, interest income generated from public school lands and facilities, and othe...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Transferring Low-performing School to Recovery District and Parent Petitions
H.B. 976
Allows for a public school to be transferred to the Recovery School District (RSD) if such transfer is approved by the state board of education and both of the following conditions are met: (1) Parents or legal guardians representing at least 51% of the studen...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Higher Education Commissions Governance Issues and Accreditation
H.B. 1270
Abolishes the state student assistance commission (SSAC). Abolishes the commission on proprietary education (COPE). Requires the commission for higher education (CHE) to administer the functions formerly administered by SSAC. Establishes the board for propr...
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| NH | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Procedures for Adopting Alternative Budget Procedure
H.B. 1488
This bill revises the procedures used by school district moderators in adopting the alternative budget procedure in a school administrative unit. Dictates when the moderator shall conduct a secret ballot or paper ballot and that the moderator of the latest chr...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Director of Education Service - Vacancy
H.B. 4014
Provides that the education service district board or the directors of a pilot education service district may not declare the office of a director vacant if the director is a resident of a school district that withdraws from the education service district as p...
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School and District Grading, School Awards, Funding Flexibility
H.B. 588
Establishes legislative findings. Directs the state superintendent of education to develop a school grading system for schools and districts, using an A, B, C, D, F framework. In developing the system, directs the superintendent to seek input from specified st...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Demonstration Programs
H.B. 706 - Demonstration Programs
Repeals Section 20-2-251, relating to demonstration programs (defined by former statute as a document submitted by the local school system or board of control of a regional educational service agency and approved by the State Board of Education which describes...
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| IL | Adopted 04/2012 | P-12 | Waivers Approved
S.J.R. 61
Resolves that all requests for waivers identified in the state board of education's report on Waiver of School Code Mandates, dated March 1, 2012 are approved. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SJR/PDF/09700SJ0061lv.pdf...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | School System Collaborative Innovation Zone
S.B. 371
Allows flexibility within county school systems; authorizes the State Board of Education to select a county school system to serve as a school system collaborative innovation zone; specifying effect of change in school system approval status; providing the pro...
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Education Requirements for Retirement System Board of Trustees Members
S.B. 16
Amends education requirements for members of retirement system boards of trustees. Makes continuing education requirements also applicable to each designee of a member. Doubles the hours of training required each year related to actuarial science information; ...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Ethics Education for Statewide Candidates for Elected Office
H.B. 365
Requires a candidate for statewide elective office or state legislator to obtain at least one hour of ethics education and training in the same manner as statutorily required of public servants. Provides for certification of completion of such education and tr...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Hiring the Superintendent's Spouse
H.B. 366
Allows a superintendent's spouse who has at least 8 years of service in school systems to be an employee in the district in which the superintendent is employed (under previous provisions, superintendent's spouse had to have at least 20 years of service in sch...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Establish Administrative Due Process for Licensure Violations
H.B. 1144
Establishes an office within the State Department of Education to respond to and conduct hearings regarding educator and administrator licensure and ethics violations. Provides that approval of educator preparation programs is subject to a process and schedule...
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| Governance--Mandates |
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Eliminating State Mandates on Local and Regional Government Entities Relating to Education
H.B. 1295/S.B. 679
Eliminates several statewide mandates on local and regional government entities relating to education and land use. The bill does the following:
* Removes the requirement for establishing local advisory committees on gifted education and the annual reporting...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Members of County Boards of Education
A.B. 1662
From bill summary: Provides that any employee of a school district that is within the jurisdiction of the county board of education is ineligible to be a member of the county board of education. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1662...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Districts Receiving Emergency Apportionments
A.B. 2279
Amends conditions under which a trustee and necessary staff appointed to a district receiving an emergency apportionment must serve (a trustee must be appointed to a district by the superintendent of public instruction if the district board requests an emergen...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Authority of a County Superintendent to Change a District's Fiscal Certification
A.B. 2662 - Authority of a County Superintendent to Change a District's Fiscal Certification
From bill summary: Permits a county superintendent of schools to change a district's certification (that it can meet its financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year and for the subsequent fiscal year) from qualified to negative if it is determin...
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | BOCES Contracts with Out-of-State Districts
A.B. 10205
Permits boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES) to enter into contracts of up to two years with out-of-state districts for special education and/or career/technical education services, or for the use of existing products that demonstrate how to map ...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Consolidation of Educational Service Regions
S.B. 2706
Requires that, after July 1, 2015, each educational service region contain at least 61,000 inhabitants (previously at least 43,000). Provides that before June 30, 2013, regions may be consolidated voluntarily under statutory provisions or by joint resolution o...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Educational Service Centers
S.B. 316 - Educational Service Centers
Repeals provision that if an educational service center governing board acquired, leased, purchased, or entered into a contract to purchase, lease, or sell office or classroom space, the board of county
commissioners has no obligation to provide and equip offi...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Offices of the Educational Service Center Superintendent and Governing Board
S.B. 316 - Offices of the Educational Service Center Superintendent and Governing Board
Repeals section 3319.19 of the revised code, which provided relative to the offices of the superintendent and governing board of an educational service center. Page 256 of 401: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_316_EN_N.pdf...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Legal Status of Regional Educational Service Agencies
H.B. 706 - Legal Status of Regional Educational Service Agencies
Clarifies the legal status of regional educational service agencies, to provide that regional educational service agencies are not state agencies but must be considered local units of administration. Page 6 of 11: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/1...
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | BOCES Contracts to Provide Special Education Services
A.B. 9057 - BOCES Contracts to Provide Special Education Services
Part K, Section 1: Authorizes a board of cooperative educational services (BOCES) to enter into contracts with the commissioner of the office of children and family services to provide for children in the office's custody any special education programs and rel...
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Members of County Boards of Education
A.B. 1662
From bill summary: Provides that any employee of a school district that is within the jurisdiction of the county board of education is ineligible to be a member of the county board of education. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1662...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Cooperative School Board Vacancies
S.B. 328
Modifies the procedure for filling a vacancy on a cooperative school board.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/SB0328.html...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Removal of College-Preparatory Boarding School Board of Trustees Member
S.B. 316 - Removal of College-Preparatory Boarding School Board of Trustees Member
Permits the governor, operator, or any other person or entity who appoints a member to the board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school to remove that member from the board at any time. Pages 237-238 of 592: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/Bil...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | County Board of Developmental Disabilities Employee Eligibility to Serve on Local School Board
S.B. 316 - County Board of Developmental Disabilities Employee Eligibility to Serve on Local School Board
Requires that, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, an employee of a county board of developmental disabilities also may be a member of the governing board of a political subdivision, including a district board of education, or an agency that does n...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Training Requirements for School Board Members
H.B. 2306 - School Board Training Section
Those appointed or elected to school board positions must agree to take 12 hours of instruction related to education within 15 months. If a member does not complete the required training and is required to leave his or her seat due to not completing the requir...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Post Employment Benefit Trusts
S.B. 2038
Adds corporations to the list of entities who may act as trustee for trust agreements between school districts and corporate trustees in reference to OPEB (other post employment benefits) trusts. Also allows school districts to employ corporations to advise on...
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School Board Term Limits
H.B. 292
Requires local option elections in certain school districts to determine if school board members should have term limits of three consecutive four-year terms. Addresses issues related to the process of conducting and the cost of such elections.
http://www.legi...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Board Member Continuing Education Requirements
H.B. 3000
Allows entities that provide training to charge an amount sufficient to reimburse the cost of training. Expands prohibition from school board reelection for failure to complete continuing education requirements to prohibition to be reappointed or to run for el...
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Board Governance Improvement Act
H.B. 431
Establishes the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. Provides legislative intent. Requires prospective board members to publicly affirm certain principles of educational governance. Specifies the responsibilities of board members. Provides for the ...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Election of Local Board Chair
H.B. 1357
From bill analysis: Provides flexibility for districts in scheduling elections of a school board chair by amending the existing requirement that a district board elect a chair on the third Tuesday after the first Monday of November. Instead the bill requires t...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Local Superintendent, School Board and Principal Responsibilities, Authority
H.B. 974
Requires performance contracts for local superintendents in districts that receive a C, D or F grade. The contracts must establish performance targets at the school and district level to include: student achievement and graduation rates. Local superintendents ...
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| MO | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Modifies the Length of School Board Terms
S.B. 450
Provides that any school district in St. Charles County that becomes an urban school district because of the 2010 federal decennial census will retain terms of three years for its school board members. In addition, school board member elections will continue t...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Training Requirements for School Board Members
H.B. 2306 - School Board Training Section
Those appointed or elected to school board positions must agree to take 12 hours of instruction related to education within 15 months. If a member does not complete the required training and is required to leave his or her seat due to not completing the requir...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Board Member Continuing Education Requirements
H.B. 3000
Allows entities that provide training to charge an amount sufficient to reimburse the cost of training. Expands prohibition from school board reelection for failure to complete continuing education requirements to prohibition to be reappointed or to run for el...
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Board Governance Improvement Act
H.B. 431
Establishes the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. Provides legislative intent. Requires prospective board members to publicly affirm certain principles of educational governance. Specifies the responsibilities of board members. Provides for the ...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Board Guidance - Individualized Learning
H.F. 2949
Provides that school boards may consider how to: (1) assist schools in adapting instruction to individual students needs/abilities and establishing goals and standards for individual students, (2) coordinate the pace of instruction with the needs/abilities of ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Indirect Cost Rates
A.B. 2435
From bill summary: Requires, until January 1, 2016, the department of education, and any other state agency that administers a grant or allocation of federal funds to a district, to allow an indirect cost rate that is not less than the indirect cost rate estab...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Financial Reporting by State Agencies, Including Postsecondary Institutions
S.B. 3794
Establishes the Financial Reporting Standards Board Act. Includes in definition of "agencies" all departments, officers, commissions, boards, authorities, institutions, universities, foundations, and bodies politic and corporate of the state required to submit...
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| HI | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Review and Evaluate Compliance with Act 51
S.R. 61
Requests the board of education and department of education to review and evaluate compliance with the reinventing education act of 2004, a.k.a. Act 51, in achieving the state's educational goals, and to make recommendations to the legislature regarding any ne...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Revision of Certain Education Code Provisions
S.B. 2540 - Revision of Certain Education Code Provisions
From bill preface material: The recent change in educational governance from an elected school board to a gubernatorally-appointed provides a unique opportunity to review sections of state statute to assist in creating a more effective educational delivery sys...
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| LA | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Reporting on Implementation of Certain Education Reform Measures
H.R. 175
Urges and requests the state superintendent of education or the state board of elementary and secondary education, as appropriate, to report electronically every 60 days to each member of the legislature on the status of implementation of certain education ref...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Ethics Education for Statewide Candidates for Elected Office
H.B. 365
Requires a candidate for statewide elective office or state legislator to obtain at least one hour of ethics education and training in the same manner as statutorily required of public servants. Provides for certification of completion of such education and tr...
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| LA | Passed 06/2012 | P-12 | Sexual Harassment Training for Public Agency Employees
S.C.R. 107
Authorizes and directs public agencies to provide in-service education and training on sexual harassment for its public servants. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=806998...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | State Board Meetings
S.B. 316 - State Board Meetings
Repeals provisions directing the state board to hold regular meetings once every three months. Replaces with provisions directing the state board to adopt, by March 31 of each year, a calendar of regular meetings for the following fiscal year. Authorizes the b...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Student Member of Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education
H.B. 8257 (S.B. 2447)
Authorizes the addition of a nonvoting ex-officio student representative member to the Rhode Island board of regents for elementary and secondary education. Also establishes a student advisory council to the board of regents consisting of one high school repre...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Governance of Education
H.B. 7323A - Streamlining Governance Section
The budget bill includes provision for a process of streamlining the work of the Board of Governors for Higher Education and the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education. Effective January 1, 2013, creates an 11-member Board of Education to help...
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| GA | Vetoed 05/2012 | P-12 | State School Superintendent Authority to Employ and Dismiss Employees
S.B. 38
Provides that the state school superintendent has the authority to employ and dismiss employees. Revises a provision relating to contracting authority of the state school superintendent, to increase the amount for which the state superintendent has authority t...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Ten-Year Projection of Costs in Certain Fiscal Notes
H.B. 1178
To amend Code Section 28-5-42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to introduction of bills having significant impact upon anticipated revenues or expenditures and furnishing of fiscal notes. Requires a 10-year projection of costs for bills that...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Zero-Base Budgeting
S.B. 33
Directs the governor, in making his/her budget report, and budget units in preparing their estimates, to use zero-base budgeting, beginning with the budget report presented to the general assembly in January 2013. Requires the governor's budget report to inclu...
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School District Procurement Efficiency Commission
S.B. 2761
Establishes a commission on school district efficiency within the state department of education and requires annual reports to the governor and the legislature relative to business efficiency standards for accreditation, authorizes the department of finance an...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Establishes Secretary of Education, Amends State Board
H.B. 440
Effective January 1, 2013 (with board staff, board duties and secretary's duties effective 4/01/2013), creates an agency and a secretary of education (cabinet position) and clarifies the purpose of the state board. With the advice and consent of the senate, th...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Powers of State Board
H.B. 706 - Powers of State Board
Repeals provision that authorized the state board, after a reasonable attempt at consultation with the state superintendent, to organize and reorganize the department of education and to prescribe the duties, functions, and operations of the various offices, d...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Education Research
H.B. 706 - Education Research
Repeals Section 20-2-254, which authorized the state board to engage in or otherwise provide for educational research. Page 6 of 11: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/127649.pdf...
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Hawaii State Public Library System
S.B. 2772
Clarifies that the transfer of the intent of Act 51 by amending section 46 of Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, to confirm that all personnel in the Hawaii state public library system are within the personnel system administered by the department of human r...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Full Time Equivalent Positions
S.B. 1398
Limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 23.75 and provides guidance for employee compensation and benefits.
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/S1398.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Open Education Curriculum Board; Alters Function from a Policy Board to an Advisory Board
S.B. 45
Alters the function of the Open Education Curriculum Board from a policy board to an advisory board. In its new role, the Open Education Curriculum Board shall advise the Governor and the Board of Education on the creation, collection, categorization, distribu...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Governor's Reorganization of Executive Branch of State Government
H.B. 1291
Reorganizes the executive branch of state government and certain local transportation entities including:
Eliminates the Child Day-Care Council and assigns responsibility for regulating child day programs to the State Board of Social Services. The bill incre...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Education System Oversight
S.B. 1581
Provides that for the purpose of furthering the mission of the Oregon Education Investment Board to oversee a unified public education system, the Chief Education Officer has direction and control over specified positions, including the commissioner for commun...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Establishes an Innovation Technical Advisory Committee
H.B. 756
The Department of Education may establish an Innovation Technical Advisory Group, comprised of individuals with experience in the establishment and operation of charter schools, college partnership laboratory schools, and virtual school programs, or it may ret...
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| NJ | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Cardiac Arrest Response
A.B. 1608
Requires public and nonpublic schools to have automated external defibrillators and to establish emergency action plans for responding to sudden cardiac events.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/PL12/51_.PDF...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Training on Signs and Symptoms of Concussions
A.B. 1451
Amends provisions regarding the California High School Coaching Education and Training Program; provides that "training" include a basic understanding of the signs and symptoms of concussions and the appropriate response to concussions. Permits concussion trai...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Making Immunization Data Publicly Available
H.B. 5013
Requires district and registered nonpublic school to make publicly available by December 1 of each year the immunization data they are required to submit to the state board of education by November 15. Requires that the immunization data made publicly availabl...
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Concussions
H.B. 2273
Directs the department of education and the Hawaii High School Athletic Association to develop a concussion educational program that includes (1) educating specified stakeholders, including students, parents, and coaches, about the signs and symptoms of a conc...
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | CPR Instruction
S.B. 599-CPR
Public and charter schools serving grades nine through twelve may provide their students instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Students with disabilities may participate to the extent appropriate as determined by the provisions of the Individuals with ...
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Adminstering Ephinephrine
H.B. 7447
Allows students to carry auto-injectable epinephrine and adds bus drivers and monitors as adults who may administer epinephrine under certain circumstances. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText12/HouseText12/H7447A.htm...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Statewide School Health Services Program
H.B. 2513
Authorizes the department of education to establish a statewide school health services program. Provides the department flexibility in administering and implementing the health services program. Repeals certain student health program operational requirements t...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Instruction in CPR and Using an AED
H.B. 5114
Existing policy permits districts to provide safety education instruction in all grades. Provides that the definition of "safety education" includes, for students enrolled in grades 6-8, instruction in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Administration of Auto-Injectable Epinephrine
S.B. 119
Requires the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school to adopt a policy authorizing a school nurse or trained school employee to administer auto-injectible ephinephrine to a student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction, rega...
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| LA | Passed 06/2012 | P-12 | Study on Compliance re: Vending Machine and Physical Activity Policies
S.R. 146
Request that the Louisiana Department of Education and state board conduct a survey or study to determine school compliance with the state law regarding vending machines in schools and the requirement of 30 minutes of physical activity in public schools. http:...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Care of Students with Diabetes
S.B. 759
Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, requires that a diabetes management and treatment plan be submitted by each student with diabetes in a public or nonpublic K-12 school who seeks care for diabetes at school or while on a school-related activity. Requir...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Concussion Management
S.B. 402
Requires school districts to develop policies for the management of concussion and head injury in student sports and limits a school district's liability for injuries occurring on school district property.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/SB040...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Body Mass Index and Weight Screenings
S.B. 316 - Body Mass Index and Weight Screenings
Makes participation in the body mass index and weight screenings program for kindergartners and students in grades 3, 5, and 9 optional, and removes references to local board waivers from screening program participation. Requires the department of education to...
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | CPR Certification
H.B. 1901 - Section 1439
This new section requires each school or location to have one person certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation during regular school hours and when school is in session and students are present.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Concussions
H.B. 308
Requires each local board of education to develop guidelines and other pertinent information regarding medical evaluation of concussions or head injuries. Prohibits a youth athlete who has been removed from a practice or an athletic game because of a concussio...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Student Health Data
S.B. 318 - Student Health Data
From K-12 appropriations bill: Provides that of appropriation to the School Nurses Program, $250,000 is appropriated for the collection and management of statewide student health data, school by school, by means of the Alabama Student Information Management Sy...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Physical Exercise Requirement for Grades K-5
S.B. 458
(Sec. 9) Requires public schools to include a total of 20 minutes of physical exercise in each regular school day for students in kindergarten through grade five. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/ACT/PA/2012PA-00116-R00SB-00458-PA.htm...
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Coordinated School Health Program
H.B. 1088
Etablishes a targeted coordinated school health program for the purpose of reducing childhood obesity and a related grant program. The program brings together several state agencies, school administrators, teachers, other school employees, students, families, ...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Student Health Reporting
H.B. 9
Removes the expectation of county superintendents to report on matters relating to students growth, health, and well-being. Requires the State Department of Education to report specified information to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning specified...
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Model Policy Regarding Management of Head Injuries in School Activities and Athletics
S.P. 654
The bill directs the Commissioner of Education to propose a model policy for public schools and private schools enrolling more than 60% of their students at public expense in this State on the management of concussive and other head injuries in school activiti...
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Coordinated School Health Pilot Program
S.B. 2752
Authorizes the State Department of Education and the State Department of Health to establish a school health pilot program based upon appropriate science-based wellness policies.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2752SG.pdf...
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| PA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Standards for Preventing Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Death in Student Athletes
H.B. 1610
Requires the Department of Health and the Department of Education to post on their websites guidelines and materials to inform and education student athletes, their coaches and others concerning the warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest. A participating stude...
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| RI | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Administering Epinephrine
S.B. 2173
Allows bus drivers and monitors to administer epinephrine under certain circumstances. Requires training. Allows for student possession of ephinephrine.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText12/SenateText12/S2173Aaa.htm...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Immunization
S.J.R. 552
Urges support for access to immunization through school-based vaccination programs.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SJR0552.pdf...
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Voluntary Influenza Vaccination Program
S.J.R. 11
Directs the department of education, in consultation with the Alabama Department of Public Health, to strongly encourage all public K-12 schools to participate in an influenza vaccination program that includes specified attributes....
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| AR | Adopted 04/2012 | P-12 | Nutrition and Physical Activity Standards
AR ADC 005.15.15-1.0 to AR ADC 005.15.15-12.0
Amends rules governing nutrition and physical activity standards and body mass index for age assessment protocols in Arkansas public schools.
http://170.94.37.152/REGS/005.15.11-006F-12925.pdf...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Concussions and Head Injuries
H.B. 291
Requires independent sanctioning authorities for youth athletic teams and the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) to (1) adopt guidelines to educate coaches, youth athletes and their parents, and other stakeholders on the nature and risk of concus...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Care of Students with Diabetes
H.B. 879
Provides legislative findings and definitions, including "diabetes medical management plan" and "trained diabetes personnel". Directs the department of education, by August 1, 2012, to develop guidelines for the training of school employees in the care of stud...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Student Concussions and Medical Exams
H.B. 281
Requires coaches to complete training on recognizing and treating concussions and head injuries. Requires the state board or its agency to develop guidelines or materials to inform student athletes and their parents of the nature and risk of concussions and he...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Testing for lead levels (lead poisoning) prior to school enrollment
L.B. 1038
Requires the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a lead poisoning prevention program. Requires a coordinated plan that includes blood-testing for elevated blood-lead levels if the child resides in a zip code wi...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Dual Enrollment--Vaccination Requirements
H.B. 2229
Provides that a high school must forward the immunization records of students attempting to enroll in postsecondary courses while still enrolled in high school.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2229.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Possession and Administration of Epinephrine
H.B. 1107/S.B. 656
Requires local school boards to adopt and implement policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine in every school. The school nurse, a school board employee, or an authorized and trained volunteer may adminster the epinephrine to any student be...
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Curricular Changes for CPR Training
S.B. 1680
Revises statute on CPR education, requiring schools to use hands-on practice and skills testing to support cognitive learning and training. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB1680.pdf...
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | AIDS-related Curricula
H.B. 2414
Requires the office of research and education accountability and the department of health to do studies on AIDS curricula. Directs department to survey other state health departments' AIDS public outreach and education programs.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bill...
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | First Aid & Concussions
H.J.R. 23
Urges coaches of youth sports teams to take classes in first aid relative to the prevention, recognition, and treatment of concussions.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HJR0023.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Public Schools; Immunization Requirements
H.B. 1089
Allows a 180-day conditional enrollment period for students who need more than two doses of the required hepatitis B vaccine, to allow for proper spacing of the vaccine doses. Current law allows a 90-day conditional enrollment period for the completion of any ...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Expanding Types of Medications Employees Can Administer
H.B. 2247
Expands the types of medications that a public or private school employee may administer to include topical medication, eye drops, and ear drops. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2247.PL.pdf
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| GA | Adopted 02/2012 | P-12 | CPR Classes and Automated External Defibrillators in Public Schools
S.R. 590
Urges the Georgia Department of Education to implement cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) classes and the implementation of automated external defibrillators in the public schools. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/123191.pdf...
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| OR | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Student Health - Lead Poisoning
H.B. 4015
Requires that the Oregon Health Authority develop and maintain a lead poisoning prevention clearinghouse on its website for public and private schools that provide instruc-
tion at levels kindergarten through grade 12 in order to provide these schools with inf...
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| VT | Signed into law 01/2012 | P-12 | Safe Cleaning Products in Schools
S.B. 92
Proposes to protect the health of students, custodial staff, and other building occupants by requiring the use in schools of safe cleaning products.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Passed/S-092.pdf...
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2012 | P-12 | Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children
S.B. 1112
Creates the Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children. Specified membership requirements.Specified responsibilities of Task Force which include gathering information, creating goals for state policy, and creating recommendations and guidelines. ...
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2012 | P-12 | Schoo policy Addressing Sexual Abuse of Children
S.B. 1113
Permits a school districts, intermediate school district or board of directors to adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse of children. If a board or board of directors adopts and implements a policy, the policy must be substantially consistent wit...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Heritage Schools
S.B. 1137
From bill summary: Requires each heritage school's electronic registration form filed with the superintendent of public instruction to include the address, including city and street, of the location at which the heritage school delivers services to pupils. Req...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Child Sexual Abuse Curriculum
S.C.R. 73
Encourages districts to include age-appropriate instruction related to child sexual abuse in their curriculum to help pupils understand the difference between appropriate and inappropriate conduct in situations where child sexual abuse could occur, and to prov...
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Child Abuse
S.B. 599-Child Abuse
Under current law, if a school receives a report of child abuse arising from school personnel following the district's policy on spanking or the use of reasonable force to protect persons or property, the school superintendent or school board president must se...
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| TX | Adopted 07/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Campus Programs for Minors
25 TAC 265.401, 402, 403, 404, 405
From Texas Register: Establishes requirements regarding sexual abuse and child molestation training and examination for employees of certain programs for minors operated by or held on campuses of institutions of higher education or private or independent insti...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse
H.B. 1176
Existing law includes child service organization personnel among those who must report suspected child abuse. New provision defines "child service organization personnel" as employees or volunteers at any public, private, for profit, not for profit, or volunta...
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| ID | Issued 05/2012 | P-12 | Task Force for Children at Risk of Abuse
2012 Idaho Executive Order 12-03
Orders the continuance of the Governor's Task Force on Children at Risk (Task Force). The Task Force is responsible for reviewing and developing programs, as well as facilitating local jurisdictions to operate programs designed to improve:
a. The handling of ...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Abuse Reporting
S.B. 113 - Section on Reporting Abuse
Includes the governing body of each approved or recognized independent school in the requirement to provide comprehensive health education and staff training, etc. on child abuse or sexual abuse. Requires consideration and presentation of recommendations to th...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse
H.B. 1355
Revises language concerning child abuse reporting. Requires any person with knowledge or reasonable suspicion of child abuse by person other than parent or caregiver to report such knowledge/suspicion. Requires similar reporting of knowledge or suspicion of ch...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Child Abuse and Neglect; Mandatory Reporting, Penalties
S.B. 239
Adds individuals associated with or employed by any public organization responsible for the care, custody, or control of children and any person employed by a public or private institution of higher education to the list of individuals required to report suspe...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Child Abuse and Neglect; Mandatory Reporting
H.B. 970
Adds any person employed by a public or private institution of higher education to the list of individuals required to report suspected abuse or neglect of a child.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB970ER+pdf...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Education Concerning Child Abuse
S.B. 267
Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the department of child services and organizations that have expertise in child abuse, including child sexual abuse, to identify or develop model education materials, response policies, and reporting ...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | List of Persons Required to Report Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect
H.B. 3
Adds athletic coaches, directors, employees, and volunteers of private sports organizations and teams and administrators, employees, and volunteers of public or private day camps, youth centers, and youth recreation programs to the list of persons required to ...
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| OR | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Child Abuse
H.B. 4016
Expands definition of a public/private official for purposes of reporting abuse or sexual abuse to include an employee of a higher education institution and a coach, assistant coach or trainer of an amateur, semiprofessional or professional athlete, if compens...
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | No Trans Fats In Public School Foods
S.B. 68
Prohibits a public school or institute charter school from making available to a student a food item that contains any amount of industrially produced trans fat. The prohibition applies to all food and beverages made available to a student on school grounds du...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Milk Not Included in Determining Proportion of Healthy Beverages to Be Offered for Sale
S.B. 316 - Milk Not Included in Determining Proportion of Healthy Beverages to Be Offered for Sale
Clarifies that provision requiring at least 50% of a la carte beverage items available for sale to be water or other beverages containing not more than 10 calories per 8 ounces does not include milk. Page 103 of 592: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText...
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Coordinated School Health Program
H.B. 1088
Etablishes a targeted coordinated school health program for the purpose of reducing childhood obesity and a related grant program. The program brings together several state agencies, school administrators, teachers, other school employees, students, families, ...
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| AR | Adopted 04/2012 | P-12 | Nutrition and Physical Activity Standards
AR ADC 005.15.15-1.0 to AR ADC 005.15.15-12.0
Amends rules governing nutrition and physical activity standards and body mass index for age assessment protocols in Arkansas public schools.
http://170.94.37.152/REGS/005.15.11-006F-12925.pdf...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Summer Food Service Program
L.B. 1090
Encourages participation and utilization of the Summer Food Service Program by requiring the State Department of Education to take certain actions.
http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/AM/ER205.pdf...
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Proposed Federal Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Acts of 2011 and 2012
A.J.R. 24
Urges the state's congressional delegation to sign on as cosponsors of, and requests that Congress and the president enact, the proposed federal Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2011 (HR 2229) or the proposed federal Student-to-School Nurse Rat...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Family Resource Centers & School-Based Health Clinics
S.B. 458
(Sec. 8) Directs the education commissioner to establish at least 10 new family resource centers and at least 20 new or expanded school-based health clinics in alliance districts (the 30 lowest-performing districts). By law, family resource centers are located...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | School Nurse Programs
S.B. 183
Permits local boards' school health nurse programs to include consulation with offsite health care professionals through appropriate protocols and contracts. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/121827.pdf...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Funding for School Health Nurse Programs
S.B. 403
Includes school nurses in state funding formula based on full-time equivalent student counts. Requires one nurse for every 750 full-time equivalent students at the elementary level and one nurse for every 1,500 studetns at the secondary level. Sets additional ...
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| NE | Vetoed 04/2012 | P-12 | Coordinated School Health Act
L.B. 1020
Adopts the Nebraska Coordinated School Health Act. Provides for the state department to award grants to districts for the establishment of school-based health cetners. Requires districts to provide a 50% match. Grant funds may only be used for capital construc...
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention Program
S.B. 137
Requires the department of education to annually provide youth suicide awareness and prevention training to each teacher, administrator, counselor, and specialist to provide services to students in grades seven through 12 in a public school in the state at no ...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Suicide Prevention
H.B. 4690
Requires two hours of training in youth suicide awareness and prevention as a requirement for the renewal of credentials of individuals employed in a middle school or high school. The required training counts toward the one hundred twenty renewal credits speci...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Suicide Prevention
H.B. 501
Requires districts and charter schools to require each licensed employee to complete two hours of professional development on youth suicide prevention within their license cycle. Directs the state board to develop or adopt sample materials for districts or cha...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Requiring Certain Health Professionals to Complete Education in Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management.
H.B. 2366
Requires certain health professionals to complete training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management as part of their continuing education, continuing competency, or recertification requirements. Requires the secretary of the department of health to con...
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Military Uniforms at Graduation Ceremonies
H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions
Gives a high school student the right to wear a military dress uniform at a graduation ceremony if the student has fulfilled all requirements and is otherwise eligible to participate in the ceremony, and has completed basic training for, and is an active membe...
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| DC | To mayor 04/2012 | P-12 | Early Warning and Support System Act of 2012, Title I
Bill 19-648
Establishes a pilot early warning and support system to track how individual students in grades 4 through 9 in 4 feeder school groups
are performing on certain indicators of high school and college readiness. The system is supposed to identify students who are...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Governor's Scholars Program Administration
H.B. 278
Transfers the Governor's Scholars Program from the office of the governor to the education and workforce development cabinet. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB278/bill.doc...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 362
Raises from 16 to 17 the maximum age at which children are required to attend a public school regularly during the entire school year, subject to specified exceptions. To take effect July 1, 2015. Raises the maximum age from 17 to 18, with specified exception ...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Revenue from Students Graduating Early
H.F. 2949
Repeals the provision that required general education revenues for a student graduating early to be paid as though the student was in attendence for the entire year. Also repeals a provision that exempted these requirements for student participation in the two...
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| LA | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate
LAC 28:CXV.2325
Increases the number of Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses that must be made available to students at each public high school. The number of courses increases by one
each year from 2012-2013 to 2015-2016, such that at least one...
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| LA | Adopted 07/2012 | P-12 | AP Courses for High School Graduation Credit
LAC 28:CXV.2318 and 2325
From July 2012 Louisiana Register: Revises LAC 28:CXV §2318, "The College and Career Diploma" and §2325, "Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate." These revisions add some Advanced Placement (AP) courses to the list of courses that can be taken for...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Student Fee Waivers for AP and Postsecondary Courses through OhioLearns Gateway
S.B. 316 - Student Fee Waivers for AP and Postsecondary Courses through OhioLearns Gateway
Permits a Technology Operations earmark for eTech Ohio to be used to cover student costs for taking Advanced Placement courses and courses that the chancellor of the board of regents has determined to be eligible for postsecondary credit through the OhioLearns...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | College and Career Success for All Student Act
H.B. 7108 (S.B. 2275)
Requires the establishment of clear training guidelines for teachers who will teach advanced placement classes in Rhode Island public schools. Defines "Vertical team" as a group of teachers and educators from different grade levels in a given discipline who wo...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Access to Advanced Placement
S.B. 2356
Adds new chapter 93 designed to promote access to advanced placement courses for all students in Rhode Island public high schools by funding training in eligible schools where AP courses have not been offered in four core academic areas. Requires the departmen...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Advanced Placement Participation and Scores Included as Metrics
H.B. 2494
Specifies that participation and scores in Advanced Placement courses whether taught at a high school, technology center or regional site of the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics will be used to help determine the letter grade a school will receive th...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | No State Department of Education Approval for High School Advanced Placement courses
S.B. 2450
Amends Mississippi code to delete the requirement that the state department of education must approve all high school pre-advanced placement courses.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/pdf/SB/2400-2499/SB2450SG.pdf...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Accumulation of Postsecondary Credit
H.J.R. 602
Expresses need to expand postsecondary credit-earning opportunities for high school students and urges state education agencies to provide assistance to any organizations conducting a statewide study of the issue.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HJR...
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Revising Academic Performance Index (API)
S.B. 1458
From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to develop and implement a specified program of school quality review to complement the Academic Performance Index (API), if an appropriation for this purpose is made in the annual budget a...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | College and Career Success for All Student Act
H.B. 7108 (S.B. 2275)
Requires the establishment of clear training guidelines for teachers who will teach advanced placement classes in Rhode Island public schools. Defines "Vertical team" as a group of teachers and educators from different grade levels in a given discipline who wo...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Access to Advanced Placement
S.B. 2356
Adds new chapter 93 designed to promote access to advanced placement courses for all students in Rhode Island public high schools by funding training in eligible schools where AP courses have not been offered in four core academic areas. Requires the departmen...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | High School Early Assessment and Intervention
H.B. 1345 (sections 13 to 15)
Allows districts and charter schools to administer to 9th-12th-grade students the basic skills placement or assessment tests that are used for first-time college freshmen. Districts can administer the test as often as necessary, but the state education departm...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Individual Student Career and Academic Plans
H.B. 1345 (sections 12 and 15)
The state board of education must require schools and charter schools to assist students and their parents/gardians to develop and maintain the student's Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) no later than the beginning of 9th grade. The board may require...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | College and Career Readiness
S.B. 40
Requires that by Fall semester 2016, each public high school and public institution of higher education complete curricular alignment to enable the successful completion of the high school mathematics and language arts curricula, as described in Connecticut's ...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Transitional Courses for 11th and 12th Graders Not College-Ready
H.B. 713 - Transitional Courses for 11th and 12th Graders Not College-Ready
Section 4: Requires that transitional courses for 11th and 12th graders in reading, writing and math be offered by all local boards, and requires all students identified in grade 10 as in need of postsecondary readiness assistance to take such courses. Require...
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| DC | To mayor 04/2012 | P-12 | Early Warning and Support System Act of 2012, Title I
Bill 19-648
Establishes a pilot early warning and support system to track how individual students in grades 4 through 9 in 4 feeder school groups
are performing on certain indicators of high school and college readiness. The system is supposed to identify students who are...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Helping Students Meet College/Career-Readiness Standards
S.B. 38 - Helping Students Meet College/Career-Readiness Standards
Section 3: Directs the department of education, by January 2013, to communicate to all districts the minimum core content standards for postsecondary education introductory courses and career-readiness standards. Before the start of the 2013-14 school year, di...
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| ME | Became law without governor's signature 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Reporting Number of Students Enrolled in Remedial Courses
S.P. 544
Requires the Maine Community College System, the University of Maine System and the Maine Maritime Academy to report annually on the number of traditional students who attended high school in the State and who are enrolled in remedial courses at each campus wi...
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| AK | Adopted 03/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Alaska Performance Scholarship
4 AAC 43.030
Revises the math and science curriculum and the social studies and language curriculum requirements for all levels of Alaska Performance Scholarships after 2015. Course options are specified for each area of study. Requires that each course is a college or ind...
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Alternative High School Diploma
S.B. 1254
Adds an additional pathway for students eligible for a Grand Canyon Diploma (allows students who perform at a higher academic level than currently required to graduate to pursue one of several options, including early graduation), whereby the student, if accep...
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Competency-Based Pathways
S.B. 1255
Directs the State Board of Education to adopt rules to define competency-based educatational pathways for college and career readiness. Establishes competency-based college-ready educational pathways for students eligible for a high school diploma through thei...
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| WI | Issued 01/2012 | P-12 | College and Workforce Readiness Council
E.O. #56
Creates the 15-member College and Workforce Readiness Council. Tasks the council with recommending policies and programs to improve student readiness for college or career. Identifies specific areas in which the council must prioritize improvement: (1) Reducin...
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Accountability, Dropout Recovery High Schools
A.B. 1668
From bill summary: Changes the definition of a dropout recovery high school to mean a school offering instruction in any of grades 9-12 in which 50% or more of pupils are either designated as dropouts or left a school and were not otherwise enrolled in a schoo...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | P-12 | Inclusion of Pupil Only Once in Dropout Data
S.B. 1497
From bill summary: Prohibits California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) from including an individual pupil in dropout rate data more than one time, and prohibits the inclusion of a pupil more than once in the dropout rates indicated in the...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Revising Academic Performance Index (API)
S.B. 1458
From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to develop and implement a specified program of school quality review to complement the Academic Performance Index (API), if an appropriation for this purpose is made in the annual budget a...
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| LA | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Graduation Rate Calculations and Goal
LAC 28:LXXXIII.601, 613, and 2403
Clarifies that graduation index provisions only apply to schools with 10 or more students in a cohort. Makes methodology for calculating the cohort graduation rate adjustment factor that was to go into effect in 2014 effective for 2013. Removes provision incre...
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| OH | Adopted 02/2012 | P-12 | Graduation Rate Changes to the State Accountability System
S.C.R. 11
Approves the Ohio Department of Education's proposed changes to the state accountability system to incorporate four-year and five-year adjusted cohort graduation rates, a graduation rate goal and annual graduation rate targets (prior statute requires modificat...
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| AR | Adopted 12/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Rules Governing Dual & Concurrent Enrollment
AR ADC 005.15.7-1.00 through ADC 005.15.7-5.00
Establishes requirements, procedures concerning concurrent college and high school credit for students who have completed the eighth grade. Finds that students are responsible for all costs of higher education courses. Requires school districts that pay for hi...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Career Technical Education Pathways Program
S.B. 1070
From bill summary: Establishes the Career Technical Education Pathways Program until June 30, 2015, which requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assist economic and workforce regional develo...
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| DC | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | Dual Enrollment Regulations
59 DCR 9209 - New Chapter, 2400
Enables high school students to enroll in, and receive dual academic credit for, postsecondary courses taken on a college campus. Allows Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to develop a Dual Enrollment Partnership Agreement with a partnering postsecondary institut...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Workforce Investment
S.B. 318 - Workforce Investment
From K-12 appropriations bill: Provides that workforce development funds may be expended for technical dual enrollment programs. Also requires that up to $200,000 be used to provide regional council seed funding in Regions 3 and 8 to develop leadership strateg...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Concurrent Enrollment For Early High School Grads
H.B. 1043
If, during a high school student's 12-grade year, the number of credit hours the student needs for graduation is less than full-time enrollment, the bill requires the school district, charter school, or board of cooperative services in which the student is enr...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Community College | Funding For Dropout Recovery Programs
H.B. 1146
The bill authorizes a community college to agree with a local education provider to create a dropout recovery program through which a student who has dropped out of high school or who is at risk of dropping out of high school can concurrently enroll in the com...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | High School Early Assessment and Intervention
H.B. 1345 (sections 13 to 15)
Allows districts and charter schools to administer to 9th-12th-grade students the basic skills placement or assessment tests that are used for first-time college freshmen. Districts can administer the test as often as necessary, but the state education departm...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Online Learning
S.B. 289 - Online Learning
Directs the state board to establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students, beginning with students entering ninth grade in the 2014-2015 school year (Class of 2018), who complete at least one course containing online learning through (1) an...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Class Sharing Agreements
S.F. 2284 -- Division XI
This section adds new language that expands the courses eligible for school aid formula supplementary weighting. A district that collaborates with a community college to provide a college-level class that uses an activities-based, project-based, and problem-ba...
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Enhancing Career and Technical Education
S.P. 650
This bill increases opportunities for students in career and technical education programs by ensuring greater coordination of school calendars, requiring that students have access to career and technical education programming for the entire required instructio...
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Postsecondary Enrollment Options - High School
S.B. 622
Extends eligibility for postsecondary enrollment options program to students from approved nonpublic charter schools. Limits the number of courses students can take, based on grade level, with an overall cap set at ten courses. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/d...
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Career and Technical Preparation Program
S.B. 623
Amends requirements for eligible courses to those that are offered for postsecondary credit or are part of a noncredit occupational training program leading to an industry-recognized credential; Sets limits on the number of courses eligible students may take, ...
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Career and Technical Preparation Programs
S.B. 709
Extends access to career and technical preparation programs to students in certain nonpublic schools. Requires that each career and technical preparation program submit an annual report to the department with information on enrollment numbers and course comple...
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Postsecondary Enrollment Options Program
S.B. 710
Extends access to postsecondary enrollment options programs to students in certain nonpublic schools. Requires that each eligible postsecondary institutuion submit an annual report to the department with information on enrollment numbers and course completions...
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Community College | Pilot Program for Dual Enrollment at Community Colleges
S.B. 2792
Authorizes students to dually enroll in their home high school and a local community college in a dual credit program consisting of high school completion courses and a work skills certificate program. Establishes this dual credit option on a pilot program bas...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Dual Enrollment & Transfer
S.B. 2809
Provides that a dual credit course created by a high school and community college, whether as an elective or major core requirement, should be transferable to all public postsecondary institutions. Specifies similar transfer guarantees for credits earned by hi...
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| VA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Dual Enrollment for High School Students
H.B. 1184
Requires local school boards and community colleges to develop agreements allowing high school students to complete an associate's degree or a one-year Uniform Certificate of General Studies from a community college concurrent with a high school diploma.
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Dual Enrollment, Early Admission
H.B. 7059 - Dual Enrollment, Early Admission
Repeals 1007.235 related to district interinstitutional articulation agreements, and replaces references to district interinstitutional articulation agreements with references to "dual enrollment articulation agreements." Provides requirements for the developm...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Postsecondary Enrollment Options
H.F. 2949
Requires data annually reported to legislative education committees to include data on postsecondary enrollment options, including concurrent enrollment.
Article 1, Sec. 10
Permits the parent of an alternative pupil participating in postsecondary enrolllment...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requirements for Career or Technical Education, Vocational Programs
H.F. 2949
Allows any student in grade 10-12 enrolled in a district or American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school to enroll in a career or technical education (CTE) course offered by a Minnesota state college or university. Requires a 10th grade student t...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Dual Enrollment--Vaccination Requirements
H.B. 2229
Provides that a high school must forward the immunization records of students attempting to enroll in postsecondary courses while still enrolled in high school.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2229.pdf...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Accumulation of Postsecondary Credit
H.J.R. 602
Expresses need to expand postsecondary credit-earning opportunities for high school students and urges state education agencies to provide assistance to any organizations conducting a statewide study of the issue.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HJR...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Dual Enrollment Financial Benefits
H.B. 426
Establishes the "8 in 6 Program" in the State Department of Education that pays for a portion of overload and summer courses for students who agree to take a full course load with the intent of earning up to two years of college credits while still in high sch...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Dual Credit Course and Online Courses
S.B. 1328
Amends the provisions of Students Come First that were contained in S 1184 (2011) to:
1.) Correct an allocation of funds for districts to meet the state's high school graduation requirements for science and math.
2.) Allow students to participate in the Dual C...
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| NM | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Tribal College Dual Credit Programs
S.B. 256
Provides funding for Tribal colleges that participate in the dual credit program for high school students to offset waived tuition and fees; creates the Tribal college dual credit program fund.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0256.p...
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| IN | Adopted 01/2012 | P-12 | Minimum Credits, Core 40 Diploma, Core 40 Diploma with Academic Honors, Core 40 Diploma with Technical Honors
511 IAC 6-7.1-1, 4, 5, 6, 7
Defines "college and career pathway", "quantitative reasoning" course, "priority course list" (for purposes of dual credit), and "dual credit courses". Requires students completing the minimum high school program to earn two credits (1 Carnegie unit) in either...
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | School Attendance at Early and Middle College High Schools
S.B. 1316
From bill summary: States findings and declarations regarding the pupils for whom an early college high school is designed and the key elements of an early college high school. Exempts an early college high school and a middle college high school from the 240-...
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Exit Exam and Students with Disabilities
A.B. 1705
Delays until Class of 2016 the implementation of alternative means for students with disabilites to demonstrate achievement of standards as required for high school exit exam (i.e., extends exemption of students with disabilities from exit exam requirement). A...
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| TX | Adopted 08/2012 | P-12 | Implementation of the Academic Content Areas Testing Program
19 TAC 101.3004, 3041
Provides that the commissioner of education is responsible for determining the level of performance considered to be satisfactory on the assessment instruments. Identifies the performance standards established by the commissioner for state-developed assessment...
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Appropriations and Reappropriations
S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations
From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partnership academies, instructional support to help pupils pass the high school exit examination, English language tutoring ...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Common Core and State Assessment Scoring Ranges
S.B. 316 - Common Core and State Assessment Scoring Ranges
By December 31, 2013, directs the state board to submit recommended scoring ranges on the state English language arts assessments (including on 3rd grade ELA assessment to be promoted to 4th grade) and Ohio graduation tests necessary to successfully implement ...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Scores on State Assessments, Including OGT
S.B. 316 - Scores on State Assessments, Including OGT
Directs the department or a contractor responsible for scoring of assessments to send each district board a list of the individual scores of all persons taking any of specified state assessments within 75 days of assessment administration; requires that scores...
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| LA | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Assessment System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.409, 515, 707, 3501, 3503, and 3507
From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Removes references in LAC 28:LXXXIII. §409 ("Calculating a 9-12 Assessment Index"), §515 ("State Assessments and Accountability"), §707 ("Safe Harbor"), and §3501 ("Alternative Schools," i.e., including alternative schools in ...
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| TX | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Implementation of Testing Program
19 TAC 101.3001, 3003, 3011, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024
From Texas Register: Repeals §101.3001 and §101.3003 and adopts new §§101.3011 and 101.3021-101.3024, concerning implementation of testing program.
Adopted new 101.3011, Implementation and Administration of Academic Content Area Assessment Instruments, retai...
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| CA | Adopted 04/2012 | P-12 | CAHSEE Alternative Means
5 CA ADC 1216.1
Adopts emergency regulation to extend to January 1, 2013 deadline for state board to implement regulations providing for an "alternative means" high school exit examination for students with disabilities. Pages 20-21 of 28: http://www.oal.ca.gov/res/docs/pdf/n...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | End-of-Course Assessments
H.B. 7059 - End-of-Course Assessments
Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, requires that the end-of-course assessment in Algebra I be administered four times annually. completion of a full academic year, which begins with the fall term. Provides district reporting requirements for a full-time...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Mathematics Exit Exam Alternatives
H.F. 2949
Extends certain alternatives for students who do not pass the graduation test requirement for math for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years.
Article 2, Sec. 4, Subd. 1 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | High School Tests
H.B. 2970
Adds provisions requiring the state board to adopt rules establishing an appeal process for students who have been denied a standard diploma by the school district in which the student is or was enrolled for failing to meet the requirements for graduation esta...
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Alternate High School Graduation Requirement
S.B. 1252
Removes the requirement for a 12th-grade student to have taken the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) each time it was administered in order to substitute a minimum score determined by the State Board of Education on a national college entrance exa...
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | American History and American Government
S.B. 165
Directs the state board to incorporate into the grades 4-12 social studies standards content regarding the Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance, the U.S. Constitution and its amendments, with emphasis on the Bill of Rights, and the Ohio Constit...
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| SC | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | End-of-Course Tests
S.J.R. 1201
Provides that students who take two courses based on the same academic standards for which there is an end-of-course test would take the test for the first course and the score would count as 20% of the final grade. If the student passes the first course, the ...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Statewide Assessment System
S.F. 57
Creates an integrated district and statewide assessment system. Requires state superintendent to establish a program for administering a standardized computer-adaptive college placement and job skills assessment to all students in grades 11 and 12. Finds that ...
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| WV | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Study of GED Issues
S.B. 646
Requires the State Board of Education to study GED issues, especially increasing costs and access to internet and other technology, and make a report with recommendations by a certain date.http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2012_SESSIONS/RS/pdf_bills/...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Independent Study
A.B. 1987
Extends educational opportunities that may be offered through independent study to include leadership opportunities that support and strengthen student achievement. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1951-2000/ab_1987_bill_20120817_chaptered.pdf...
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| LA | Adopted 07/2012 | P-12 | AP Courses for High School Graduation Credit
LAC 28:CXV.2318 and 2325
From July 2012 Louisiana Register: Revises LAC 28:CXV §2318, "The College and Career Diploma" and §2325, "Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate." These revisions add some Advanced Placement (AP) courses to the list of courses that can be taken for...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Graduation Requirement - CPR
H.B. 837
Makes the successful completion of instruction in CPR a high school graduation requirement by the 2014-2015 school year. Requires schools to maintain documentation in an electronic database that students have successfully completed CPR instruction to meet Hea...
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | State Seal of Biliteracy
A.B. 10292
Establishes purposes of the state seal of biliteracy. Confers a state seal of biliteracy (district participation is voluntary) to high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in one or more la...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Veterans High School Diploma
S.B. 2540 - Veterans High School Diploma
Effective 6/30/2015, repeals provision to award a high school diploma to veterans who did not receive a diploma after being conscripted into active service in the U.S. armed services. Page 53 of 83 (section 302A-431.9) http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012...
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| LA | To governor 06/2012 | P-12 | Review of State Graduation Requirement Policies
H.C.R. 201
Urges and requests the state board of elementary and secondary education to review its policies relative to graduation requirements, particularly as they pertain to core curricula and diploma paths, and to submit a written report of its findings and recommenda...
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| PA | Passed 06/2012 | P-12 | Postsecondary Degree Satisfies Requirement for High School Diploma
H.R. 660
Encourages the Governor to request that the Independent Regulatory Review Commission and all Commonwealth agencies with guidelines, regulations, licenses, certifications or criteria that require a high school diploma deem a postsecondary degree from an accredi...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Demonstration of Subject Area Competency
H.B. 713 - Demonstration of Subject Area Competency
Section 5: Delays until 2013-14 school year deadline by which the state board, in consultation with the board of regents of the University System of Georgia and the state board of the Technical College System of Georgia, must adopt policies and guidelines for ...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Online Learning
S.B. 289 - Online Learning
Directs the state board to establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students, beginning with students entering ninth grade in the 2014-2015 school year (Class of 2018), who complete at least one course containing online learning through (1) an...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Competency-Based Instruction
S.F. 2284 - Division I
Permits high school credit to be awarded to students that demonstrate competency in the subject areas required to be offered by accredited schools and allows students to receive credit on a performance basis through the administration of an assessment. Creates...
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Distinction for Community Service Diploma Endorsement
H.B. 1194
Authorizes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a diploma endorsement program for the performance of community service by high school students. Endorsement would apply to high school students who perform a certain number of hours of...
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| LA | Passed 05/2012 | P-12 | Granting a High School Diploma to Adult Education Program Completers
H.C.R. 95
Urges and requests the board of supervisors of community and technical colleges and the state board of elementary and secondary education jointly to study the feasibility of granting a Louisiana high school diploma to successful completers of adult education p...
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| LA | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Louisiana Seat Time Waiver
LAC 28:CXV.907 and 1103
Amends §907, "Secondary Class Times and Carnegie Credit," and §1103, "Compulsory Attendance" to accommodate the newly developed Louisiana Seat Time Waiver (LSTW). §907 permits districts to submit applications to the department of education for a waiver of the ...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Online Courses, Virtual Schools
H.B. 3062
Requires virtual schools to maintain teacher-pupil ratios set by the state board of education and to provide the same length of time for learning opportunities as required for other schools, but allow a student to move at the student's own pace. Provides stude...
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| TX | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
19 TAC 74.1, 3, 71, 72, 73, 74
Updates the graduation requirements to align with recently passed legislation, allows additional courses to satisfy certain graduation requirements, and provides additional clarification regarding requirements.
Sections 74.1 and 74.71 adopted as published in t...
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| VA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Graduation Requirements; Standard and Advanced Studies Diplomas
H.B. 1061
Directs the Board of Education to modify the credits necessary for a student to earn a standard or an advanced studies diploma. The advanced studies diploma shall be the recommended diploma for students pursuing baccalaureate study. The standard diploma shall ...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Early Graduation
H.B. 7059 - Early Graduation
Defines "early graduation." Establishes provisions to allow a student to graduate high school in fewer than 8 semesters while completing 24 credits. Requires local boards to adopt a policy that allows a high school student to graduate early. Requires student a...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Online Course for High School Graduation
H.B. 7063 - Online Course for High School Graduation
Prohibits a school from requiring a student to complete the online course requirement for high school graduation outside the school day or in addition to a student's courses for a given semester. Specifies that this requirement does not apply to a student with...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Alternative High School Diploma for Students with Disabilities
S.B. 43
Directs the state board to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternative high school diploma for students with disabilities completing a modified curriculum and an individualized course of study. Amends KRS 158.140 to require local boards to award t...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Graduation Requirements - Science
H.F. 2949
Permits a course for chemistry, physics or CTE (career technical education) course to integrate chemistry, physics, biology standards, or a combination of such standards.
Article 1, Sec. 5, Subd. 2 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pd...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Early Graduation Scholarship Provisions
H.F. 2949
Defines "eligible student" for purposes the early graduation scholarship program. Clarifies the definition of "quarter" for purposes of computing early graduation scholarship amounts. Requires the early graduation scholarship application to be received at the ...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Early Graduation Military Service Award Program
H.F. 2949
Clarifies eligibility for the early graduation military service award program. Establishes a deadline for submission of application and request for payment for early graduation military service award. Clarifies that once the original amount of the award has be...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Academic Credit for National Guard Basic Training Camp
H.B. 784
Authorizes school boards to allow course credit to high school students who are also members of the national guard, and who complete basic training camp at the end of their junior year and before the start of their senior year. Authorizes the school district t...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | High School Tests
H.B. 2970
Adds provisions requiring the state board to adopt rules establishing an appeal process for students who have been denied a standard diploma by the school district in which the student is or was enrolled for failing to meet the requirements for graduation esta...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Special Ed Diplomas
S.B. 2900
Requires a special education diploma be awarded to students who have satisfactorily completed an IEP, but who have not passed the proficiency tests required for graduation with a regular diploma.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2900.pdf...
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Alternative High School Diploma
S.B. 1254
Adds an additional pathway for students eligible for a Grand Canyon Diploma (allows students who perform at a higher academic level than currently required to graduate to pursue one of several options, including early graduation), whereby the student, if accep...
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Competency-Based Pathways
S.B. 1255
Directs the State Board of Education to adopt rules to define competency-based educatational pathways for college and career readiness. Establishes competency-based college-ready educational pathways for students eligible for a high school diploma through thei...
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | American History and American Government
S.B. 165
Directs the state board to incorporate into the grades 4-12 social studies standards content regarding the Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance, the U.S. Constitution and its amendments, with emphasis on the Bill of Rights, and the Ohio Constit...
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Middle Schools Teaching High School Courses
H.B. 2653
Provides that schools teaching courses in grades seven or eight that are also taught in any grade nine through twelve and which count toward high school graduation shall be classifed as secondary schools. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2653.pdf...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Financial Literacy Test-Out Option
H.B. 156 - Financial Literacy Test-Out Option
Directs the state board to develop a test-out option from the general financial literacy component of the grades 9-12 curriculum [students must complete .5 unit General Financial Literacy to graduate from high school]. Page 6 of 9: http://le.utah.gov/~2012/bil...
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Technical Education High School Diploma
S.B. 335
Act 156 (amends 115.787) Requires that an individualized education program that indicates a goal of a technical education high school diploma should specify the course of study that the pupil must take to attain that goal. Adds a new section:
118.33 (1) (g) 1...
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| IN | Adopted 01/2012 | P-12 | Minimum Credits, Core 40 Diploma, Core 40 Diploma with Academic Honors, Core 40 Diploma with Technical Honors
511 IAC 6-7.1-1, 4, 5, 6, 7
Defines "college and career pathway", "quantitative reasoning" course, "priority course list" (for purposes of dual credit), and "dual credit courses". Requires students completing the minimum high school program to earn two credits (1 Carnegie unit) in either...
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| OR | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Accelerated college credit programs
H.B. 4013
Introduces an "accelerated learning entity" to assist school districts and high schools in providing accelerated learning options or standardized testing related to accelerated learning options that lead to college credit. The Superintendent of Public Instruct...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Changes in Student Grades
H.B. 696
Prohibits school administrators and certain other faculty, staff and employees of a local school district from influencing the grade received by a student from a teacher, prescribes the circumstances under which a teacher may change a student's grade, provides...
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| NH | Became law without governor's signature 06/2012 | P-12 | Educational Evaluation of Home Schooled Children
H.B. 1571
Amends the educational evaluation procedures for home educated children and repeals the notice, hearing, and appeals procedures afforded to parents relative to the termination of a home education program. The bill also clarifies the school district's limited l...
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| NH | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Home Education
NH ADC Ed 315.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Provide standards for home education programs. They are being readopted at the request of the Home Education Advisory Council to make them consistent with RSA 193-A and add the new requirement from RSA 193:1,I(f)(2) to provide a certificate of completion for h...
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| NH | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Home Education
NH ADC Ed 315.01 - .18
Readopts rules at the request of the Home Education Advisory Council to make them consistent with RSA 193-A and add the new requirement to provide a certificate of completion for home education programs. Amends the due process hearing procedure....
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Attendance Records, Unexcused Absences
H.B. 39
Requires that declarations of intent and attendance records for home study programs be submitted to the department of education rather than local school superintendents; authorizes department to provide for electronic submittal of such records. Provides that n...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Home Study Programs
H.B. 706 - Home Study Programs
Authorizes the department of education to permit parents to submit declaration of intent to use a home study program electronically. Provides that declarations of intent and attendance records for home study programs are submitted to the department of educatio...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Administration and Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Laws
H.B. 706 - Administration and Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Laws
Clarifies that responsibility for administration and enforcement of compulsory attendance laws is the duty of the state department of education as well as local systems (previous legislation referred only to duty of local systems). Places responsibility for r...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Home Instruction of Children; Limits Required Description of Curriculum
H.B. 1208
Requires that the description of the curriculum, which a parent electing to provide home instruction to his child in lieu of school attendance must submit to the school division superintendent, shall be limited to a list of subjects to be studied during the co...
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| NM | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Home School Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities
H.B. 129
Redefines the home school student activities program unit for funding purposes. Expands the definition from athletic activities to co-curricular and extracurricular activities.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/bills/house/HB0129.pdf...
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| DC | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Community Schools Incentive, Title IV
Bill 19-648
Requires the mayor to establish and administer the multiyear Community Schools Incentive Initiative to award multiyear grants to incentivize the
establishment of no fewer than 5 new community schools, with priority given to schools that have: a focus on mental...
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| WV | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Education Innovation Zones
WV ADC s 126-75-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Background: Legislation authorizing the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) to designate Education Innovation Zones in schools, groups of schools and departments or subdivisions of a school or schools was entered into statute in October, 2009. The legislat...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Family Resource Centers & School-Based Health Clinics
S.B. 458
(Sec. 8) Directs the education commissioner to establish at least 10 new family resource centers and at least 20 new or expanded school-based health clinics in alliance districts (the 30 lowest-performing districts). By law, family resource centers are located...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Early Childhood and Youth Councils
H.B. 4165
Revises the purpose of the Early Learning Council to ensuring that children enter school ready to learn, determines responsibilities, membership and term limits and establishes the Early Learning Council Fund. Requires that the Early Learning Council implement...
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| LA | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate
LAC 28:CXV.2325
Increases the number of Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses that must be made available to students at each public high school. The number of courses increases by one
each year from 2012-2013 to 2015-2016, such that at least one...
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Rating Tool for Professional School Staff
H.B. 1901 - Section 1123
Section 1123 requires the Secretary of Education--by June 30, 2013--to create a rating tool to measure the performance of professional staff in all districts, intermediate units, area vocational-technical schools, charter schools, and cyber charter schools. Re...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Evaluation of Appointed Administrator for Emergency Apportionment District
A.B. 2278
From bill summary: Authorizes the governing board of a qualifying district, after one complete fiscal year has elapsed following the district's acceptance of an emergency apportionment, to conduct an annual advisory evaluation of the administrator appointed by...
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Superintendent Contracts
H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions
Requires written contracts of employment for district superintendents and assistant superintendents and details mandatory requirements of those contracts. Places a cap on the amount of any severance agreement for a superintendent. Allows contracts to include w...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Superintendent Certification and Moratorium on National Board Certification Bonuses
H.B. 2790
Extends the moratorium on National Board certification bonuses for newly certified teachers another year. The state board will not provide a $5,000 bonus through June 30, 2013, to any teacher who obtains National Board certification between June 30, 2010, and ...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Local Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents
H.B. 1901 - Sections 1003, 1073, 1076-1078, 1080 & 2104
Sec. 1003 requires the Department of Education, upon request, to confirm an individual satisfies the eligibility requirements for election or appointment as a superintendent. Extends eligibility to an individual who holds a juris doctorate degree from an accre...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Acting Superintendent Term Limits
S.B. 458
(Sec. 58) Extends the maximum duration of an acting superintendent's appointment from a specified period of up to 90 days, with commissioner-approved good cause extensions, to up to one school year. Makes the acting superintendent's term a probationary period;...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Administrator Contracts, RIFs, Furlough Days
S.B. 153
Replaces reference to "principal" with reference to "administrator" in certain provisions pertaining to actions to terminate or suspend a school employee's contract. Provides that actions to terminate or suspend contracts due to staff reductions incurred by lo...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Professional Learning Rules Task Force
S.B. 184 - Professional Learning Rules Task Force
Section 1: Directs the department of education to establish the Professional Learning Rules Task Force to review state board professional learning rules, review current research regarding professional learning and provide suggestions for revisions, and provide...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Oath of Office for Local Superintendent
H.B. 706 - Oath of Office for Local Superintendent
Prior language required each county school superintendent to take an oath of office. New language replaces reference to "county school superintendent" with "local school superintendent" and specifies the language of the oath superintendents must take. Pages 2-...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Local Superintendent, School Board and Principal Responsibilities, Authority
H.B. 974
Requires performance contracts for local superintendents in districts that receive a C, D or F grade. The contracts must establish performance targets at the school and district level to include: student achievement and graduation rates. Local superintendents ...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Terminated or Nonrenewed School Superintendent cannot Request a Hearing
S.B. 2176
Amend Mississippi code to delete the right of a terminated or nonrenewed school superintendent to request a hearing before the school board or hearing officer.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/pdf/SB/2100-2199/SB2176SG.pdf...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Annual Evaluation of School Superintendents
H.B. 447
Requires the local school board to conduct an annual comprehensive evaluation of the school superintendent consistent with the assessment components established by law and the assessment benchmarks established by the Mississippi school board association.
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Public Notice Regarding Hiring of Employees
H.B. 1205
Requires a school corporation to give public notice and hold a public meeting pertaining to a proposed superintendent employment contract. Provides that the public meeting must occur at least seven days before a contract for employment is entered. Provides tha...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Educator Evaluation
S.B. 64 - Educator Evaluation
Requires each district employee to be evaluated annually in accordance with state board rules. Requires provisional or probationary educators to be evaluated at least twice each school year. Establishes parameters for state board rules, including requiring a t...
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| AR | Adopted 02/2012 | P-12 | Establishes the Superintendent Mentoring Program
AR ADC 005.16.17-1.00 to AR ADC005.16.17-7.00
Requires, beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, that any first-year superintendent complete the superintendent mentoring program within twelve months of obtaining or maintaining employment as a superintendent to maintain his or her superintendent's license...
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Superintendent Contracts
H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions
Requires written contracts of employment for district superintendents and assistant superintendents and details mandatory requirements of those contracts. Places a cap on the amount of any severance agreement for a superintendent. Allows contracts to include w...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Sick and Leave for District Employees
S.B. 494 - Sick and Sabbatical Leave for District Employees
Section 2: Amends provisions related to extended sick leave for school bus drivers, teachers and other district employees. Repeals provision allowing local boards a waiver from certain parameters for extended sick leave. Specifies that, with exception of mater...
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Salary Supplement for National Board-Certified Teachers and Principals
S.B. 143
Makes a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $2,313,850 from the Education Trust Fund to the state department of education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, to pay the entire $5,000 salary supplement to teachers for the fiscal years 2010-20...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Severance Pay
H.B. 5101 - Severance Pay
Provides that if a district enters into a contract or employment agreement with an officer, agent, employee or contractor that includes a severance pay provision, the agreement must include the provisions of s. 215.425 (http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/inde...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Local Superintendent, School Board and Principal Responsibilities, Authority
H.B. 974
Requires performance contracts for local superintendents in districts that receive a C, D or F grade. The contracts must establish performance targets at the school and district level to include: student achievement and graduation rates. Local superintendents ...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Administrator Evaluation and Compensation
S.B. 64 - Administrator Evaluation and Compensation
Defines "district administrator" and "school administrator". Directs the state board to adopt rules establishing a framework for the evaluation of school and district administrators that includes, among other components, student achievement indicators emphasiz...
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2012 | P-12 | Teacher Leaders Advisory Panel
A.B. 1765
From bill summary: Requires the Commission on Teaching Credentialing to convene an advisory panel to explore the recognition of leadership roles within the teaching career pathway. Requires the commission to consider the findings of the advisory panel and repo...
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Extended Leave for NYC Principals to Serve as a Principal at a Charter School
A.B. 6300
Allows a principal employed by the New York City district to make a written request to the board of education for an extended leave of absence to serve as a principal at a charter school. Provides that approval of such a leave request for three years or less s...
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Authority of a Commonwealth Partnership School District
H.B. 1901 - Sec. 1704-B
Section 1704-B continues provisions of the Empowerment Act that were scheduled to expire June 30, 2012. A Commonwealth Partnership School District is authorized to: 1) cancel or renegotiate any contract, other than collective bargaining agreements, for the pur...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | School Administration Manager
S.F. 2284 - Division VI
Permits the authorization of individuals that successfully complete a training program to meet Board of Educational Examiners standards to assist school principals in performing non-instructional duties.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/govbil...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Local Superintendent, School Board and Principal Responsibilities, Authority
H.B. 974
Requires performance contracts for local superintendents in districts that receive a C, D or F grade. The contracts must establish performance targets at the school and district level to include: student achievement and graduation rates. Local superintendents ...
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| NH | Adopted 12/2012 | P-12 | Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent Certification
NH ADC Ed 506.01, 02; NH ADC Ed 614.05
Ed 506.01 and Ed 506.02 describe what an individual has to do and know to be certified as a Superintendent, and Assistant Superintendent. Ed 614.05 sets the program requirements for institutions of higher education regarding superintendents. The skills compete...
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| NH | Adopted 12/2012 | P-12 | Principal, Associate Principal, District Administrator Educational Interpreter and Professional Development
NH ADC Ed 506.04, 06, 08; NH ADC Ed 507.35; NH ADC Ed 512.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06; NH ADC Ed 614.04
These rules describe what an individual has to do and know to be certified as either a Principal, Associate Principal, District Administrator or Interpreter Transliterator for children and youth ages 3-21. Ed 512 rules set the basic requirement and criteria fo...
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Military Training and Professional Licensure
H.B. 2258
Requires professional and vocational licensing boards to consider relevant military education, training, and service as part of the evaluation process toward the qualifications of a license. Requires the licensing administrator of the professional and vocation...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Administrative Certificates
H.B. 4993
Amends the School Code. With respect to administrative certificates, provides that a candidate (i) who has enrolled and began coursework prior to August 1, 2011 in an Illinois program approved by the state board of education for the preparation of administrato...
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| NV | Issued 05/2012 | P-12 | Providing Reciprocity for Military Spouses Seeking Licensure in this State
Executive Order# 2012-11
Every professional licensing board organized pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statues is ordered to:
Facilitate endorsement of a current license from another state as long as the requirements for licensure in that jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to the...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Establish Administrative Due Process for Licensure Violations
H.B. 1144
Establishes an office within the State Department of Education to respond to and conduct hearings regarding educator and administrator licensure and ethics violations. Provides that approval of educator preparation programs is subject to a process and schedule...
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Sick and Leave for District Employees
S.B. 494 - Sick and Sabbatical Leave for District Employees
Section 2: Amends provisions related to extended sick leave for school bus drivers, teachers and other district employees. Repeals provision allowing local boards a waiver from certain parameters for extended sick leave. Specifies that, with exception of mater...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Severance Pay
H.B. 5101 - Severance Pay
Provides that if a district enters into a contract or employment agreement with an officer, agent, employee or contractor that includes a severance pay provision, the agreement must include the provisions of s. 215.425 (http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/inde...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Teacher and Administrator Compensation
H.B. 974
Addresses salary schedules for teachers and all school employees. Salary schedules for teachers, administrators and other certified staff will be based on the following criteria, with no one criterion accounting for more than 50% of salaries: effectiveness; de...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Administrator Evaluation and Compensation
S.B. 64 - Administrator Evaluation and Compensation
Defines "district administrator" and "school administrator". Directs the state board to adopt rules establishing a framework for the evaluation of school and district administrators that includes, among other components, student achievement indicators emphasiz...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Principal Evaluations
S.B. 1292
From bill summary: Authorizes a district to evaluate a principal annually for the principal's first and second year of employment as a new principal and authorizes additional evaluations. Authorizes a district governing board to identify who will conduct the e...
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| LA | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | Evaluation and Assessment of Teachers and Administrators
LAC 28:CXLVII.105, 301, 305, 307, 309, 311, 319, 321, 323, 325, 701, 901, 903, and 905
Makes various changes to align the evaluation of school personnel with Act 54 of the 2010 Regular Legislative Session, including: (1) Clarifying the observation/data collection process for local personnel evaluation plans; (2) Overview of what constitutes the ...
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| NM | Adopted 08/2012 | P-12 | Teacher and School Leader Effectiveness
6.69.8 NMAC
Adds new rule: 6.69.8 NMAC 'Teacher and School Leader Effectiveness,' which is intended to establish uniform procedures for conducting annual evaluations and effectiveness of licensed school teachers and administrators. A. As soon as possible but not later tha...
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| IL | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Evaluation of Certified Employees Under Articles 24A and 34 of the School Code
23 IL ADC 50.10, 20, 30, 100, 110, 120, 140, 200, 300, 310, 320, 330, 400, 410, 420; 23 IL ADC 50.App. A
From Illinois Register: Sets forth the minimum requirements for both student growth and professional practice that all school districts must meet when establishing their performance
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| MA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Teacher and Principal Evaluation Systems
S.B. 2315
Requires the State Board to establish and maintain a data system for the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of district evaluation systems in assuring effective teaching and administrative leadership. Requires that such information be made publicly availab...
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| NY | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Public Reporting of Teacher/Principal Performance Review Results
S.B. 7792
Directs each district and board of cooperative educational services (BOCES) to release to the public and the department of education the quality ratings and composite effectiveness scores from its teachers' and principals' annual professional performance revie...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Assistant Principal Evaluations
S.B. 316 - Assistant Principal Evaluations
Clarifies that evaluation procedures for assistant principals must be based on principles comparable to the teacher evaluation policy adopted by the board, but must be tailored to the duties and responsibilities of assistant principals (previously policy requi...
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Rating Tool for Professional School Staff
H.B. 1901 - Section 1123
Section 1123 requires the Secretary of Education--by June 30, 2013--to create a rating tool to measure the performance of professional staff in all districts, intermediate units, area vocational-technical schools, charter schools, and cyber charter schools. Re...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Teacher and Admin Evaluations
S.B. 458
(Sec. 51) Expands the requirements for the guidelines for the state model evaluation program for teachers and school administrators to include 1)using four ratings to evaluate teacher performance: (a) exemplary, (b) proficient, (c) developing, and (d) below st...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Teacher and Administrator Matters
S.B. 2284 -- Division III
This section relates to teacher reviews, professional development, and administrator evaluations. Creates three new task forces: Statewide Educator Evaluation System Task Force, Iowa Teaching Standards and Criteria Review Task Force, and Teacher Performance, C...
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| LA | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Teacher and Administrator Evaluations
LAC 28:CXLVII.Chapters 1-9
From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Act 54 of the 2010 Regular Legislative Session required that BESE develop, adopt, and promulgate all rules necessary for the implementation of teacher and administrator evaluations. Present rulemaking provides guidelines for i...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Teacher/Principal Evaluations
H.B. 2823
Requires the State Board to adopt four state performance classifications (highly effective, effective, developing, ineffective) and guidelines for school districts and charter schools for the teacher and principal evaluation instrument by December 1, 2012. Per...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Deadline for Annual Performance Evaluations
H.B. 706 - Deadline for Annual Performance Evaluations
Eliminates a deadline for annual performance evaluations (continues to require annual performance evaluations, but eliminates requirement that the evaluator complete annual evaluations of all certified personnel by April 1). Page 4 of 11: http://www.legis.ga.g...
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Effective Teaching and School Leadership
H.P. 1376
Requires school administrative units to develop and implement comprehensive performance evaluation and professional growth systems for teachers and principals. Sets forth standards that must be met by the systems, including a requirement that multiple measures...
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Principal Evaluation - Data Component
H.F. 2949
Requires that longitudinal student growth data account for 35% of a principal's annual evaluation.
Article 2, Sec.8, Sub.3 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Annual Evaluation of School Superintendents
H.B. 447
Requires the local school board to conduct an annual comprehensive evaluation of the school superintendent consistent with the assessment components established by law and the assessment benchmarks established by the Mississippi school board association.
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Multiple Sections: Educator Effectiveness and Preparation Program Effectiveness
S.B. 461
Requires that beginning July 1, 2012, each teacher preparatory program in the state submit to the department a list of individuals who have completed the program and who have been recommended by the program for licensure, together with each individual's date o...
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Portion of State Funding Contingent on Adoption of Teacher and Principal Evaluation Process
A.B. 9057 - Portion of State Funding Contingent on Adoption of Teacher and Principal Evaluation Process
Part A, Section 1: Requires a school district, to be eligible for an apportionment of general support for public schools from the funds appropriated for the 2012-13 school year in excess of the amount apportioned to the district in the base year, to submit doc...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Teacher and Principal Evaluations
H.B. 1234
Provides that beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, any public school district seeking state accreditation must evaluate each certified teacher on an annual basis and each certified principal not less than every other year. Each school district must adopt th...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Educator Evaluation
S.B. 64 - Educator Evaluation
Requires each district employee to be evaluated annually in accordance with state board rules. Requires provisional or probationary educators to be evaluated at least twice each school year. Establishes parameters for state board rules, including requiring a t...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Administrator Evaluation and Compensation
S.B. 64 - Administrator Evaluation and Compensation
Defines "district administrator" and "school administrator". Directs the state board to adopt rules establishing a framework for the evaluation of school and district administrators that includes, among other components, student achievement indicators emphasiz...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | District & School Leader Evaluation
S.F. 57
Directs state board to measure year-to-year changes in student achievement and link performance to school and district leaders, including principals and superintendents. Requires state board, no later than July 1, 2013, to use performance data to establish an ...
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| CO | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Evaluation of Educator Effectiveness
H.B. 1001
Senate Bill 10-191, enacted in 2010, requires the general assembly to review and approve the rules adopted by the state board of education implementing a statewide system to evaluate the effectiveness of licensed personnel employed by school districts and boar...
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| LA | Adopted 05/2012 | Postsec. | Standards for Out-of-State Institutions Wishing to Offer Teacher Education or Education Leadership Programs
LAC 28:IX.305
From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Requires licensed educational institutions wishing to offer teacher education or education leadership programs to meet the same program accreditation requirements as Louisiana's institutions to continue offering that program i...
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| NH | Adopted 12/2012 | P-12 | Principal, Associate Principal, District Administrator Educational Interpreter and Professional Development
NH ADC Ed 506.04, 06, 08; NH ADC Ed 507.35; NH ADC Ed 512.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06; NH ADC Ed 614.04
These rules describe what an individual has to do and know to be certified as either a Principal, Associate Principal, District Administrator or Interpreter Transliterator for children and youth ages 3-21. Ed 512 rules set the basic requirement and criteria fo...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Professional Learning Rules Task Force
S.B. 184 - Professional Learning Rules Task Force
Section 1: Directs the department of education to establish the Professional Learning Rules Task Force to review state board professional learning rules, review current research regarding professional learning and provide suggestions for revisions, and provide...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Professional Development
S.B. 404
Directs the state board of education, in consultation with the professional standards commission, to establish category-level expenditure controls to ensure that specified staff development funds are utilized in such a manner as to help align professional lear...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Repealing Various Teacher and Leader Provisions
H.B. 706 - Repealing Various Teacher and Leader Provisions
Repeals: (1) Section 20-2-212.3, relating to increasing teachers' salaries in areas of shortage; (2) Section 20-2-212.4, relating to an additional five percent increase in teacher salary based on student performance; (3) Section 20-2-213, relating to career la...
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| AR | Adopted 03/2012 | P-12 | Professional Development; Attendance at Instructional Professional Development Sessions; Distribution of Student Special Needs Funding
AR ADC 005.22.7-1.0 to AR ADC 005.22.7-9.00; AR ADC 005.22.1-1.00 to AR ADC 005.22.1-5.00; AR ADC 005.01.11-1.00 to AR ADC 005.01.11-9.00
Provides guidelines for developing a high quality professional development system for all educators in order to facilitate individual, team, school-wide, and district-wide improvement designed to ensure that all students demonstrate proficiency on the state ac...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Teacher and Administrator (Not Superintendent) Contract Renewal/Non-Renewal
S.B. 316 - Teacher and Administrator (Not Superintendent) Contract Renewal/Non-Renewal
From final bill analysis: Extends the deadlines for a district or educational service center (ESC) to notify a teacher or administrator that the person's contract will not be renewed for the following school year, as follows: (1) From April 30 to June 1, in th...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Administrator Contracts, RIFs, Furlough Days
S.B. 153
Replaces reference to "principal" with reference to "administrator" in certain provisions pertaining to actions to terminate or suspend a school employee's contract. Provides that actions to terminate or suspend contracts due to staff reductions incurred by lo...
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Appropriations and Reappropriations
S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations
From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partnership academies, instructional support to help pupils pass the high school exit examination, English language tutoring ...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Criminal Background Checks for Any Mentors of Students
H.B. 7077
This act would require that individuals seeking to participate in any mentoring program whereby the individual would be working with a student or students as a mentor or in a mentoring situation would be required to undergo a criminal background check similar ...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Program for Middle School Children During Nonschool Hours
H.B. 706 - Program for Middle School Children During Nonschool Hours
Repeals Section 20-2-312, relating to a state program for middle school children during nonschool hours. Page 7 of 11: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/127649.pdf...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Task Force to Study Interscholastic Athletics at the Middle School Level
H.C.R. 155
Directs the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to study interscholastic athletics at the middle school level, and assess possible options for the creation of "best practice" guidelines. Identifies specific areas of investigation. Require...
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Interventions For Middle School Students
H.B. 1013
The bill directs districts to consider adopting procedures by which the schools use available data to identify and provide intervention services to students in grades 6 through 9 who are exhibiting behaviors that indicate the students are at increased risk of ...
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Middle Schools Teaching High School Courses
H.B. 2653
Provides that schools teaching courses in grades seven or eight that are also taught in any grade nine through twelve and which count toward high school graduation shall be classifed as secondary schools. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2653.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Publishing Disciplinary Offense and Outcome Data
H.B. 367
Requires the Board of Education to annually publish disciplinary offense and outcome data by race, ethnicity, gender, and disability for each public school in the Commonwealth on its website.
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| NM | Adopted 02/2012 | P-12 | Study Strategic Education Plan to Close Achievement Gaps
H.M. 67
Requests the creation of a working group to develop a comprehensive strategic education plan to eliminate the achievement gap and increase the graduation rates of
Hispanic, Native American and African American students.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Reg...
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| HI | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Review of State Funding for ESL and Hawaiian Language Programs
S.R. 43
Requests that the University of Hawaii, with the assistance of the department of education and other educational organizations as appropriate, review the state's funding for existing English as a Second Language and Hawaiian language programs offered in Hawaii...
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| HI | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Review of the State's Funding for Existing ESL Instruction/Activities and Hawaiian Language Programs
S.C.R. 87
Requests that the University of Hawaii, with the assistance of the department of education and other educational organizations, as appropriate, review the state's funding for existing English as a Second
Language instruction and activities and Hawaiian languag...
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council
S.B.130
Establishes the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council to advise both the governor and legislature on programs, policies, and projects to provide for the cost-effective preservation, restoration, and revitalization of Alaska Native languages ...
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