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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 Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--High Stakes/Competency At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Curriculum Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Economic/Workforce Development Equity Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--Mandates Governance--Regional Entities Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--College Readiness High School--Credit Recovery High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements High School--International Baccalaureate Instructional Approaches Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 P-3 P-3 Child Care P-3 Content Standards and Assessment P-3 Data Systems P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) P-3 Ensuring Quality P-3 Family Involvement P-3 Finance P-3 Governance P-3 Grades 1-3 P-3 Health and Mental Health P-3 Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten P-3 Preschool P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development Parent/Family Parent/Family--Parent Rights Partnerships--University/School Postsecondary Postsecondary Accountability Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval Postsecondary Affordability Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants Postsecondary Faculty Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure Postsecondary Finance Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding Postsecondary Finance--Facilities Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures Postsecondary Governance and Structures Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies Postsecondary Institutions Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent Postsecondary Online Instruction Postsecondary Participation Postsecondary Participation--Access Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) Postsecondary Participation--Outreach Postsecondary Students Postsecondary Students--Adults Postsecondary Students--Disabled Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional Postsecondary Students--Military Postsecondary Success Postsecondary Success--Completion Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation Private Schools Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) Proficiency-Based Approaches Promotion/Retention Purposes of Public Education Reading/Literacy MA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Third Grade Reading Expert Panel H.B. 4243 Establishes an Early Literacy Expert Panel to develop recommendations to have all students in the commonwealth reading proficiently by the e... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Third-Grade Reading Proficiency S.B. 316 - Third-Grade Reading Proficiency Directs the state board to determine a level of achievement on the 3rd grade English language arts assessment for a student to be promoted t... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Licensure Requirements for Staff Developing Informational Sources to Support Curriculum and Literacy Development S.B. 316 - Licensure Requirements for Staff Developing Informational Sources to Support Curriculum and Literacy Development By June 20, 2013, directs the department to conduct a study of the licensure requirements for educational staff responsible for the developm... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Birth through 3rd Grade Literacy Education S.B. 316 - Birth through 3rd Grade Literacy Education Directs the state board and the early childhood advisory council, in consultation with the governor's office of 21st century education, to d... More... 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... CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Ensuring K-3 Literacy Education H.B. 1238 Requires each local education provider (LEP, i.e., school districts, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services or BOCES, charter schools) t... More... CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Early Literacy Assessment Tool H.B. 1345 (sec. 7) Requires the education department to issue request for proposals for the purchase of an early literacy assessment tool that teachers may use... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 P-3 Reading Proficiency & Teacher Preparation S.B. 458 (Sec. 5) Requires the Department of Education, by January 1, 2012, to develop and approve reading assessments that districts must use to ide... More... IA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Early Childhood Literacy S.F. 2284 - Division IX This section requires the state board to adopt, by rule, guidelines for school district implementation of basic levels of reading proficienc... More... LA Adopted 05/2012 P-12 Literacy Screenings in Grades K-3 LAC 28:CXV.2307 From May 2012 Louisiana Register: LEAs must require every child enrolled in grades K-3 to be given a state board-approved literacy screening... More... MD Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Electronic Reader Pilot Program H.B. 1220 Requires the State Department of Education to conduct a study on the costs and benefits (specifications detailed in bill) of establishing an... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Dyslexia Teacher Training Pilot S.B. 1565 New section of law. Establishes a dyslexia teacher training pilot to train higher education faculty to teach multisensory structure reading ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Modifies the Reading Sufficiency Act H.B. 2516 Adds kindergarten students to assessment requirement (K-3 students are to be assessed at the beginning of each year using an approved screen... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Approved Reading Screening Instruments H.B. 2511 Deletes the limitation on the number of screening instruments that the state board is to approve for use at the beginning of the school year... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Oklahoma Bridge to Literacy Program H.B. 2676 Directs the state board to establish the Oklahoma Bridge to Literacy Program to improve reading skills of children through the 4th grade. Re... More... VA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Third Grade Reading Intervention H.B. 1181 Public schools; reading intervention. Requires local school divisions to provide reading intervention services to students in grade three 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... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 K-3 Response to Intervention System in Reading, Writing, Math and Behavior H.B. 69 - K-3 Response to Intervention System in Reading, Writing, Math and Behavior Defines "aphasia", "dyscalculia", "dysgraphia", "dyslexia", "phonemic awareness" and "scientifically based research". Directs the state boar... More... MS Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Reading Sufficiency Program of Instruction S.B. 2453 Repeals section 37-13-10, Mississippi code of 1972, which provides components of a reading sufficiency program of instruction to be implemen... More... WI Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Reading Section S.B. 461 Creates the Governor's Read to Lead Development Fund and the Read to Lead Development Council. Sets membership of the Council. Allows for aw... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Third -Grade Retention S.B. 1258 Directs the Department of Education to prominently post on their website best practice examples of reading intervention and remedial reading... More... WY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Reading Assessment--Dyslexia S.F. 52 Requires assessment and early intervention for dyslexia and other reading difficulties in K-3. Directs districts to report number of student... More... NM Signed into law 02/2012 P-12 K-3 Plus Program H.B. 14 Converts the "K-3 plus" pilot project to a program in the state education department to provide funding for additional educational time for ... More... 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