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From the ECS State Policy Database 2012 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2012. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All." Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills 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 a... More... Accountability 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... More... 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)... More... 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://w... More... 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 o... More... 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 ... More... 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 meas... More... 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 comm... More... 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... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Task Force on Accountable Schools H.B. 4014 Establishes and sets membership for the Task Force on Accountable Schools to develop a plan to improve accountability practices for schools ... More... 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 di... More... Accountability--Accreditation 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 fo... More... 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... More... 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, ... More... 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 determine... More... 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 tex... More... 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 pu... More... 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... More... Accountability--Measures/Indicators 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 sch... More... AK Adopted Text or Summary of Text 11/2012 P-12 Modified Growth and Special Programs 4 AAC 33.500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 580, 590 Amending the chapters to repeal the Public School Performance Incentive Program, redefine the purpose of the public school growth and profic... More... 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 w... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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 Assessmen... More... 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 Ac... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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 r... More... 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 comm... More... 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, 201... More... 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 S... More... 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 achieve... More... 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... More... 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 ove... More... Accountability--Reporting Results 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 ... More... 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.... More... 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... More... 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 g... More... 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... More... 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 pr... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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 acco... More... 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 determine... More... 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 sc... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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 r... More... 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 S... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Task Force on Accountable Schools H.B. 4014 Establishes and sets membership for the Task Force on Accountable Schools to develop a plan to improve accountability practices for schools ... More... 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... More... 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 ove... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... Accountability--Rewards 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... More... 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 distric... More... 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 ... More... 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 r... More... 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 ... More... 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 ove... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions 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 U... More... 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 pare... More... 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, pr... More... 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 Di... More... 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 ... More... 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 ... More... 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 educat... More... 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 s... More... 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 achieve... More... 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 ove... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive 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 licens... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers 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. Requ... More... 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 trust... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... Accountability--School Improvement 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 distric... More... 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 plan... More... 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 offer... More... 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 ... More... 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 Imp... More... 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 ... More... 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 wh... More... 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 t... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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 distr... More... Adult Basic Education 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.... More... 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 jo... More... 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,... More... 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 caree... More... 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 ar... More... Assessment 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... More... 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)... More... 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 deve... More... 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 e... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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(... More... 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 f... More... 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... More... 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 th... More... 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 a... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Task Force on Accountable Schools H.B. 4014 Establishes and sets membership for the Task Force on Accountable Schools to develop a plan to improve accountability practices for schools ... More... 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 assess... More... Assessment--Accommodations 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 ... More... 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 p... More... 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 mea... More... Assessment--College Entrance Exams 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 inst... More... 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 sta... More... Assessment--Computer Based 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 ... More... 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 sta... More... Assessment--End-of-Course 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 ass... More... 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(... More... 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 ... More... 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 a... More... 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 p... More... 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... More... 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 meas... More... 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 asse... More... Assessment--High Stakes/Competency 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 th... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) 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 w... More... 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... More... 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 ensur... More... 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... More... 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 studen... More... 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 ... More... 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 pe... More... 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,... More... 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 ... More... 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 s... More... 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 month... More... 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 serv... More... 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 ... More... 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, member... More... 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, inclu... More... 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 ... More... 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 t... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education 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 comp... More... 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 superint... More... 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... More... 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 di... More... 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, subje... More... 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 wit... More... Attendance 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 juvenil... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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 pr... More... 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 fr... More... 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 ... More... 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 ... More... 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 Se... More... 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 ... More... 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 bi... More... 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. Provid... More... 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 y... More... 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 gu... More... 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 wi... More... 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 mil... More... Attendance--Compulsory 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... More... 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... More... 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.... More... 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 th... More... 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 educa... More... 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 a... More... 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, subje... More... 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 wi... More... 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/12... More... Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) 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 ye... More... Attendance--Truancy 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 be... More... 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 ensur... More... 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 ... More... 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 ... More... 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 acti... More... 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 educa... More... 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 ... More... 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/sessi... More... Background Checks 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 stude... More... 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 in... More... 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 limi... More... 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 prosecu... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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 specifie... More... Bilingual/ESL 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 pra... More... 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 ... More... 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 re... More... 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,... More... 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 affair... More... 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 w... More... 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, partn... More... 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 appropriat... More... 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 appropria... More... 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/... More... Career/Technical Education 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, M... More... 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 ti... More... 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 Cal... More... 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 of... More... 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... More... 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 specia... More... 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 ... More... 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 ag... More... AL Adopted 06/2012 P-12 CTE Teaching Credentials AL ADC 290-3-2-.23, 24, 25, 26 Provides an option for individuals with a bachelor's or higher degree to become certified through the Specialty Area Career and Technical Ce... More... 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, partn... More... 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 a... More... 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 ... More... 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 Producti... More... 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:... More... 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 workf... More... 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... More... 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 o... More... 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 requir... More... 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 ... More... 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 ... More... 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 ac... More... 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 i... More... 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 jo... More... 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... More... 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 calenda... More... 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 ... More... 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 credentia... More... 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 caree... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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, 201... More... 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... More... 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 certifica... More... 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 limi... More... 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 ... More... 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 caree... More... 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 Depart... More... 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... More... 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 techni... More... 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 ... More... Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship 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 ... More... Cheating 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)... More... 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... More... Choice of Schools 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 s... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools 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 Chart... More... 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 inclu... More... 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 e... More... 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 est... More... 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... More... 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) Specific... More... 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 absen... More... 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 preschoo... More... 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 Sch... More... 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 recommendatio... More... 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 neede... More... 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 applicatio... More... 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 charte... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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, regardl... More... 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 app... More... 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 b... More... 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... More... 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 establish... More... 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 charte... More... 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... More... 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 charte... More... 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.c... More... 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 ... More... 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 educ... More... 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... More... 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 distric... More... 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. ... More... 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 authorize... More... 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 ... More... 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 provisio... More... 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/... More... 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 en... More... 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 st... More... 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 su... More... 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 imple... More... 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... More... 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 scho... More... 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 chart... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings 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 Chart... More... 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 Sch... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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 su... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters 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 f... More... 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 charte... More... 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 o... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance 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... More... 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 fede... More... 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, sub... More... 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 provis... More... 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 Sch... More... 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 renov... More... 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 ... More... 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 charte... More... 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.c... More... 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 studen... More... 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 ... More... 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 lev... More... 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... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research 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 Sch... More... 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 applicatio... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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. ... More... Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment 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 s... More... 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-... More... 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 Op... More... 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 opportu... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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 stud... More... 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... More... Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools 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... More... 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 R... More... 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... More... 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 boardi... More... 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 lighthous... More... Choice of Schools--Tax Credits 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 lo... More... 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 busin... More... 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 educatio... More... 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. Qu... More... 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 nonpro... More... 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... More... Choice of Schools--Vouchers 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 lo... More... 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 b... More... 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 (... More... 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 ch... More... 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 scholars... More... 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 e... More... 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.... More... 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 desig... More... 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 r... More... 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 an... More... 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 educatio... More... 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 s... More... 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 nonpro... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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, inclu... More... 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... More... Civic Education 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... More... 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 ... More... Civic Education--Character Education 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 duri... More... Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards 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. Addre... More... Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance 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 s... More... Class Size 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 stu... More... 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 lea... More... 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, in... More... 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 popula... More... 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 superintenden... More... Curriculum 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.... More... 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 th... More... 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, postsecon... More... Curriculum--Arts Education 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, partn... More... Curriculum--Drivers Education 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 mo... More... 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... More... 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.delaw... More... 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 l... More... 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.cap... More... Curriculum--Excusal 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... More... 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 determ... More... Curriculum--Family Living Education 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 cha... More... Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. 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 follow... More... 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 m... More... Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language 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 hig... More... 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 inclu... More... 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 schoo... More... 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... More... 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, ... More... 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... More... 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... More... Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education 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 framew... More... 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 guid... More... 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 ... More... 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. ... More... Curriculum--Language Arts 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 adop... More... Curriculum--Mathematics 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 supplementa... More... 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 acquis... More... Curriculum--Multicultural 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... More... Curriculum--Physical Education 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 re... More... 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, partn... More... 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 kindergart... More... 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 prom... More... 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 promu... More... Curriculum--Science 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 framew... More... 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 Un... More... 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 meas... More... 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 contro... More... Curriculum--Sex Education 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 s... More... 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. R... More... 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 departmen... More... 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 o... More... Curriculum--Social Studies/History 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... More... 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 provisi... More... 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 ins... More... 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. Addre... More... 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 meas... More... 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 t... More... Data-Driven Improvement 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.... More... Economic/Workforce Development 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 esta... More... 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 revise the provisions governing the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Developmen... More... 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 Investme... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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 Educa... More... 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 busines... More... 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 o... More... 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 workf... More... 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 instituti... More... 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... More... 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 requir... More... 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 witho... More... 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 i... More... 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... More... 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 M... More... 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 credentia... More... 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 studen... More... 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... More... 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 cert... More... 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 ... More... 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 prog... More... 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 col... More... 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... More... 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 ac... More... 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 t... More... 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 ar... More... Equity 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 specif... More... 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... More... Finance 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... More... 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 attend... More... Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost 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 th... More... 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 Legi... More... Finance--Bonds 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 pa... More... 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 fina... More... 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... More... 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 b... More... Finance--District 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. Requ... More... 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 allo... More... 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 trust... More... 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... More... 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 obligatio... More... 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. htt... More... 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 distric... More... 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 distric... More... 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 t... More... 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 enrol... More... 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 o... More... 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/Leg... More... 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 Di... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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 purc... More... 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 le... More... 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 app... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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 ... More... 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 ... More... 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 penal... More... 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 ... More... 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. htt... More... 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 mai... More... 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/... More... 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 determi... More... 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 ... More... 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 lev... More... 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 appr... More... 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... More... 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 ins... More... 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 financia... More... 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 ... More... 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 secreta... More... 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, vocat... More... 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 Revenu... More... Finance--Equity 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 ... More... Finance--Facilities 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 governi... More... 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... More... 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.... More... 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 renov... More... 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 agree... More... 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 classro... More... 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 Augus... More... 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 ... More... 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 regul... More... 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 t... More... 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 --Strik... More... 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 prov... More... 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... More... 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 memb... More... Finance--Federal 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 repo... More... Finance--Funding Formulas 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 ... More... 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 b... More... 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 ... More... 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 s... More... 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... More... 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 appropriat... More... 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 ... More... 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 a... More... 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 fr... More... 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 ... More... 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 regul... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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 studen... More... 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, in... More... 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://myflori... More... 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 equ... More... 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 ... More... 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 inno... More... 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 ... More... 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 mu... More... 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... More... 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 scho... More... 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, Chapt... More... 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... More... 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... More... Finance--Local Foundations/Funds 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 st... More... Finance--Lotteries 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 ... More... Finance--Resource Efficiency 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 extend... More... 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... More... 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 inno... More... 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 ins... More... Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures 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, partn... More... 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 Educat... More... 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 ... More... 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://legislatur... More... 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... More... Finance--Student Fees 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 par... More... 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/sess... More... 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... More... 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 f... More... Finance--Taxes/Revenues 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 ... More... 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 busin... More... 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 an... More... 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 Education... More... Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues 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 de... More... 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.... More... Governance 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 educat... More... 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 commissi... More... 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 ... More... 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 di... More... Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule 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... More... 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 o... More... 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,... More... 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 scho... More... Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest 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 t... More... 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 s... More... 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 superi... More... 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 licen... More... Governance--Mandates 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 follow... More... Governance--Regional Entities 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 ineli... More... 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 trust... More... 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 obligatio... More... 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 specia... More... 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). Provide... More... 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,... More... 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 educatio... More... 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 age... More... 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 offic... More... Governance--School Boards 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 ineli... More... 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... More... 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 boardi... More... 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 mem... More... 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 ... More... 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 ref... More... 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 consecutiv... More... 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 boar... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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 performan... More... 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 w... More... Governance--School Boards--Training 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 ... More... 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 boar... More... 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... More... Governance--Site-Based Management 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 estab... More... Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies 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 allo... More... 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... More... 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.... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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 s... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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 seco... More... 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 Re... More... 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... More... 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 an... More... 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 ... More... 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 ... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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://... More... 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 perso... More... 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://legislatur... More... 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 Cur... More... 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 Co... More... 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 syste... More... 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 establishm... More... Health 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 und... More... 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 requi... More... 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 include... More... 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. Stude... More... 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 certai... More... 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 admin... More... 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" ... More... 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 scho... More... 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 l... More... 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 ... More... 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 distric... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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 ... More... 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 ... More... 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 kindergart... More... 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 progr... More... 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 Sta... More... 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 t... More... 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 approp... More... 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... More... 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 e... More... 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... More... 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 sch... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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 de... More... 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 d... More... 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. Requ... More... 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 enro... More... 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 schoo... More... 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. ... More... 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 departmen... More... 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. htt... More... 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 p... More... 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 ... More... 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 exter... More... 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 priva... More... 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 p... More... Health--Child Abuse 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 F... More... 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 inclu... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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 s... More... 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 devel... More... 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 a... More... 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... More... 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 pe... More... 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 abus... More... 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 ... More... 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 vol... More... 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... More... Health--Nutrition 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 industriall... More... 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 no... More... 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 progr... More... 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... More... 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 a... More... Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses 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 fed... More... 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-base... More... 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 protoco... More... 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 equ... More... 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 s... More... Health--Suicide Prevention 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, cou... More... 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 empl... More... 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 ... More... 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 educ... More... High School 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 requirement... More... 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 pe... More... 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... More... 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, subje... More... 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 attend... More... High School--Advanced Placement 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 ... More... 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 Internation... More... 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 t... More... 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 school... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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 a... More... High School--College Readiness 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... More... 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 school... More... 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... More... 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 f... More... 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 ... More... 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 ena... More... 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 req... More... 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 pe... More... 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 post... More... 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 ... More... 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 Sch... More... 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 cur... More... 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. Esta... More... 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 ... More... High School--Credit Recovery 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 studen... More... High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates 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 w... More... 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 r... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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 adjus... More... High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment 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. ... More... 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 Cal... More... 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 Loc... More... 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 requir... More... 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 enrollm... More... 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 studen... More... 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 f... More... 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 ... More... 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 collaborate... More... 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 calenda... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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 technica... More... 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 postsecond... More... 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 sch... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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 arti... More... 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 concurren... More... 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... More... 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 enro... More... 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 a... More... 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 wh... More... 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 me... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Task Force on Accountable Schools H.B. 4014 Establishes and sets membership for the Task Force on Accountable Schools to develop a plan to improve accountability practices for schools ... More... 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;... More... 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 credi... More... High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges 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 eleme... More... High School--Exit Exams 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 ... More... 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 ass... More... 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, partn... More... 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... More... 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... More... 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 Assessmen... More... 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 p... More... 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 mea... More... 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. compl... More... 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.... More... 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... More... 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 administe... More... 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 ... More... 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 tes... More... 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 sta... More... High School--GED (General Education Development) 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... More... High School--Graduation Requirements 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 strengt... More... 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 Internation... More... 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 t... More... 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 schoo... More... 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... More... 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, particu... More... 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, regulati... More... 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 S... More... 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 ... More... 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 s... More... 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 s... More... 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 jo... More... 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 Se... More... 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 lea... More... 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 requi... More... 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... More... 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 ... More... 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 i... More... 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 compl... More... 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 ... More... 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 comp... More... 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 requ... More... 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 t... More... 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... More... 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 proficienc... More... 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 cur... More... 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. Esta... More... 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 ... More... 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... More... 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 m... More... 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 diplom... More... 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 credi... More... High School--International Baccalaureate 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 ... More... Instructional Approaches 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 standar... More... Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices 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 receive... More... Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling 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 ... More... 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 c... More... 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 ... More... 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. Provide... More... 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 educa... More... 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 attendan... More... 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-curric... More... Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools 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... More... 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 o... More... 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-base... More... 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, member... More... Leadership 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... More... Leadership--District Superintendent 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 distric... More... 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 th... More... 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... More... 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 o... More... 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... More... 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 sc... More... 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 le... More... 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 super... More... 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 performan... More... 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 ... More... 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. P... More... 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 educator... More... 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 ... More... Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay 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 th... More... 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... More... 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 fi... More... 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 se... More... 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 performan... More... 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 evaluat... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership 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 r... More... 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 absen... More... 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 Di... More... 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 a... More... 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 performan... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure 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... More... 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 Administrato... More... 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 evaluati... More... 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 pri... More... 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 licen... More... 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 licen... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay 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... More... 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 se... More... 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 wi... More... 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 evaluat... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness 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 p... More... 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) Clarif... More... 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 annua... More... 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... More... 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 syste... More... 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 qua... More... 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 adopte... More... 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... More... 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 inclu... More... 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 E... More... 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... More... 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 guidelin... More... 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 th... More... 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 teach... More... 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.revis... More... 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 co... More... 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 ... More... 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 appr... More... 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 te... More... 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 educator... More... 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 evaluat... More... 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 pr... More... 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 i... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation 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 prog... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development 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 Administrato... More... 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 le... More... 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 co... More... 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 addi... More... 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,... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure 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... More... 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 sc... More... Middle School 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.g... More... 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 ass... More... 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 serv... More... 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... More... Minority/Diversity Issues 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 eac... More... 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 t... More... Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian 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 appropriat... More... 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 appropria... More... 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, ... More... HI Adopted 04/2012 P-12 Hawaiian Studies Program H.R. 59 Requests that the board of education and department of education comply in full with the findings and recommendations of the Office of the A... More... 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;... More... No Child Left Behind AR Adopted 03/2012 P-12 Rules Governing Highly Qualified Teachers AR ADC 005.19.9-1.0 to AR ADC 005.19.9-5.0; AR ADC 005.19.9 Appendix A, B, C Establishes definitions and procedures to designate teachers as highly qualified in the core academic subject areas pursuant to the No Child... More... No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer 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 U... More... No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools 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 ... More... No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers HI Adopted 06/2012 P-12 NCLB Waiver S.C.R. 120 Requests the board of education and department of education to (1) apply to the U.S. Department of Education for a waiver from No Child Left... More... ID Adopted 03/2012 P-12 Request to U.S. Congress to Repeal No Child Left Behind Act H.J.M. 8 House Joint Memorial asking the U.S. Congress to repeal the No Child Left Behind Act. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/HJM008.p... More... No Child Left Behind--School Support 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 plan... More...