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From the ECS State Policy Database 2013 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2013. 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 Accountability WV Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Faculty Senates S.B. 359 Establishes faculty senates at each public school comprised of all permanent, full-time educators. Requires principal to convene first meeting and initiate voting for chair, vice chair and secretary of the faculty senate. Empowers the faculty senate to control... More... WY Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Statewide Education Accountability System H.B. 91 Adjusts how school level performance is determined by limiting the measurement of student readiness as defined by achievement on standardized assessment to Grade 11 (was Grade 11 & 12), and adding a measure of equity as defined by a measure of academic student... More... Accountability--Accreditation TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Investigation of Alleged Inaccurate Data Being Reported S.B. 123 Permits (previously required) the commissioner of education to authorize special accreditation investigations under specified circumstances. Authorizes a special accreditation investigation to be conducted in response to a complaint to the agency regarding all... More... VA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Statewide School Division: The Opportunity Educational Institution S.B. 1324  Creates a statewide school division called the Opportunity Educational Institution to be administered and supervised by the Opportunity Educational Institution Board (also established by this bill). Requires any school that has been denied accreditation and p... More... MT Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Processes for Changes to Any Accreditation Standard S.B. 302 SB 302 requires the Board of Public Education (BPE), prior to adoption or amendment of any accreditation standard, to submit proposals to the Education and Local Government Interim Committee (ELG). During periods that the legislature is not in regular session,... More... WV Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School/District Efficiency S.B. 359 Outlines alternative school and district measurements to ensure that all students receive thorough, efficient education. Delineates roles of schools, districts, and state board of education. Requires state board to reform the statewide assessment program and d... More... Accountability--Measures/Indicators NH Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 School Performance and Accountability S.B. 48 Provides that schools shall meet or exceed performance targets based on student assessments, attendance, and high school graduation rates. Establishes definitions of "priority school" and "focus school." Repeals the local education improvement fund established... More... CT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Low Performing District - Including Charter Schools in Accountability H.B. 6622 Allows a school district designated as an alliance district (chool district is among those with the lowest academic performance) to mutually agree with a charter school within the district to use academic achievement scores of the charter school's students as ... More... IA Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Attendance Center Peformance Rankings H.F. 215 - Division VII Section 73 relates to attendance center peformance rankings: Requires the creation of a Building Performance program – provides accountability at the building level by giving ratings based on student achievement and growth, graduation rates, student and parent... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Accountability A.B. 460 Requires the state department of education to ensure that the statewide system of accountability complies with federal mandates under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Establishes certain requirements for the statewide system of accountabilit... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Repealing Accountability Provisions A.B. 460 Repeals provisions related to consequences for public schools and school districts based upon adequate yearly progress (AYP) designations. Previously, public schools and school districts were designated as demonstrating (1) exemplary achievement; (2) high ach... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Students in Residential Facilities and District Accountability S.B. 306 Provides that a student receiving treatment in a residential facility is not considered for accountability purposes to be a student of the school district in which the program or facility is physically located, or of an open-enrollment charter school. http://w... More... TX Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Texas High Performance Schools Consortium H.B. 2824 From fiscal note: Requires the participants of the Texas Higher Performance Schools Consortium to submit a report by December 2014 and by December 2016 on the progress participating campuses have made in achieving certain goals as outlined in the legislation. ... More... TX Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Assessment Instruments H.B. 2836 From fiscal note: Requires each assessment instrument to be determined to be valid and reliable on the basis of empirical evidence by an entity that is independent of the test developer and the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Requires assessment instruments to b... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 District Performance Measures H.F. 630 Provides performance measures to ensure that districts collectively produce the "world's best workforce." Performance measures include student performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NEAP), the size of the academic achievement gap by s... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 College and Career Readiness Performance Measures H.F. 630 Directs the commission to identify and report measures that demontrate success of learning year program providers in improving students' graduation outcomes. The commissioner, beginning July 1, 2015, must annually report data on four- and six-year graduation r... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Calculation of School Grades H.B. 1658 Directs the state board to establish the lowest minimum sample size necessary to meet the requirements of statistical reliability and prevention of the unlawful release of personally identifiable student data - when calculating grades of school performance. Mo... More... TX Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Evaluating Dropout Recovery Schools S.B. 1538 Defines "dropout recovery school" for purposes of evaluating performance. Directs the commissioner of education to use the alternative completion rate to determine the student achievement indicator for a dropout recovery school. Directs the commissioner in det... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. Pilot Outcome-based Funding S.B. 1293 AN ACT prescribing a simulated pilot program for outcome-based funding of schools. Creates a competitive application process where districts and charter schools would apply on an annual basis by January 1 and the State Board of Education select recipients by M... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. Data in School Accountability Reports H.B. 112 Partially from bill analysis: Amends reporting requirements for P-12 and postsecondary accountability. Requires the higher education department (HED) to disaggregate student progress and success in the annual accountability report by specified racial/ethnic gr... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Rating Modified Assessment Formula S.B. 370 Partially from bill analysis: Amends existing law that relates to school ratings to include public schools whose enrollment includes at least 75% of any combination of students with a history or family history of incarceration or extended or significant involv... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Online Student Performance Reported Separately H.B. 1071 The Academic Performance Index (API) is used to measure performance of schools. This bill excludes the academic performance of certain online students when determining an Academic Performance Index. The academic performance of students who are enrolled full-ti... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Academic Performance Data H.B. 1385 Deletes references to the Academic Performance Index, replacing with "academic performance data" and changes certain references to low performing and high challenge schools. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2013-14%20ENR/hB/HB1385%20ENR.PDF... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Establishing Statewide Indicators of Educational Health S.B. 5491 Establishes statewide indicators of educational system health and requires the state board, with assistance from the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the workforce training and education coordinating board, the educational opportunity gap ov... More... AL Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Innovative School Systems H.B. 84 - Innovative School Systems Establishes the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013. Authorizes innovative schools and school systems to be established in Alabama in accordance with this act. Defines "innovation plan" as a school system's flexibility request and plan for annual accountability... More... NM Vetoed 03/2013 P-12 State School Grades Council S.B. 587 Partially from the bill analysis: Creates a 21-member state school grades council to study and make recommendations on school grading. Defines a number of terms, among them: "grade factor" means an element of a public school environment that is used to calcula... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 School Performance H.B. 1999/S.B. 1207 Requires the Board of Education, by October 1, 2015 to report individual school perfromance using a grading system in addition to the standards of accreditation. Bases the grading system on both state and federal accountability requirements and an A to F gradi... More... Accountability--Reporting Results AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Student Data S.B. 1447 Broadens the Data Governance Commission's guidelines to include the form and format of data elements that are required for districts, charters, and Joint Technical Education Districts (JTEDs) to submit. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/51leg/1r/laws/0251.pdf... More... KS Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Amends Kansas Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Act S.B. 171 SB 171 amends the Kansas Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Act. Requires each school district and the Kansas Department of Education (KSDE) to report on their respective websites the budget summary for the current school year, as well as actual expend... More... NC Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Alternate ACT/PLAN for Certain Students H.B. 587 Requires the administration of an alternate to the ACT or an alternate to the PLAN precursor test to the ACT to certain students with severe disabilities. Requires the State Board of Education to ensure that parents of students enrolled in all public schools,... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Accountability A.B. 460 Requires the state department of education to ensure that the statewide system of accountability complies with federal mandates under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Establishes certain requirements for the statewide system of accountabilit... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Absenteeism S.B. 338 Requires the department of education to provide resources and guidance to school corporations concerning evidence-based practices and effective strategies to reduce absenteeism. Makes changes to the definition of: (1) chronic absenteeism; and (2) habitual trua... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Calculation of School Grades H.B. 1658 Directs the state board to establish the lowest minimum sample size necessary to meet the requirements of statistical reliability and prevention of the unlawful release of personally identifiable student data - when calculating grades of school performance. Mo... More... WV Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 High Quality Educational Programs H.B. 3157 Eliminates over 20 accountability and reporting requirements. Reaffirms Goal 2020 Educational Goals related to curriculum and instruction; statewide assessment; talent acquisition; and goal-aligned funding incentives for districts and schools. The Legislative ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Improvement S.B. 1100 Amends school reporting to include student academic performance and growth on state-mandated assessments, as well as graduation rates for secondary schools. Repeals current school rating system. Provides performance funds based on a per pupil rate for district... More... MS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 A-F Accountability System. S.B. 2396 Revises and implements a single "A" through "F" school and school district accountability system complying with applicable federal and state requirements. Aligns state department of education and the state school and school district accountability system with ... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Academic Performance Data H.B. 1385 Deletes references to the Academic Performance Index, replacing with "academic performance data" and changes certain references to low performing and high challenge schools. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2013-14%20ENR/hB/HB1385%20ENR.PDF... More... TN Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 District Accountability Reporting S.B. 158 Directs the department to require an LEA to obtain a formal written proof that a child who has moved out-of-state has enrolled in a school or program leading to the award of a regular high school diploma in order not to count such student as a dropout. http://... More... WV Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School/District Efficiency S.B. 359 Outlines alternative school and district measurements to ensure that all students receive thorough, efficient education. Delineates roles of schools, districts, and state board of education. Requires state board to reform the statewide assessment program and d... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 School Performance H.B. 1999/S.B. 1207 Requires the Board of Education, by October 1, 2015 to report individual school perfromance using a grading system in addition to the standards of accreditation. Bases the grading system on both state and federal accountability requirements and an A to F gradi... More... Accountability--Rewards NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Accountability A.B. 460 Requires the state department of education to ensure that the statewide system of accountability complies with federal mandates under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Establishes certain requirements for the statewide system of accountabilit... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Performance Qualified Schools S.B. 189 Provides for the designation of performance qualified school districts and high schools so as to provide flexibility in administration and instruction to school corporations and high schools that are placed in the highest performance and improvement category o... More... TN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 District Flexibility S.B. 592 Allows districts identified as high-performing to seek state waivers of certain accountability measures, to explore alternative teacher evaluation systems, and add educational days to the school calendar. Provides that high-performing districts will be identif... More... KS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 District Financial Incentive S.B. 128 Rewards districts where students graduate with an industry-recognized credential. "Industry recognition" defined as programs and certifications approved by the state Secretary of Labor.... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Appointed Trustee for Insolvent District (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Appointed Trustee for Insolvent District From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to appoint a trustee with the powers and responsibilities of an administrator when a school district becomes insolvent and requires an emergency apportionment from the state. http://www.leg... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Accountability A.B. 460 Requires the state department of education to ensure that the statewide system of accountability complies with federal mandates under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Establishes certain requirements for the statewide system of accountabilit... More... MO Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Unaccredited School Districts S.B. 125 Requires public comment be obtained on the appropriate scoring guides, instruments, and procedures used in determining the accreditation status of a district at least fourteen days in advance of a meeting on the accreditation status. Removes the two-year wait... More... VT Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Multiple Components - School Closings; Guidelines for Teacher Advisory System H.B. 521 Two of multiple components. Creates a committee to study the implications of public schools closing to become independent schools. Creates a working group to develop best practice guidelines for teacher advisory systems. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2014/A... More... MS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Teacher Education Scholarship, and Dropout Rate Restructuring S.B. 2658- Creates the teacher education scholars program and the Mississippi education works program which directs high schools with graduation rates lower than 80% to submit a plan to the department of education for restructure. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documen... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Driving Privileges S.B. 269 Requires the principal of a public school or his/her designee to provide certain pupils with a written statement verifying that the pupil has complied with certain attendance requirements. Authorizes a school police officer or certain other persons to impose a... More... OK Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Reading Proficiency Tests from Other States H.B. 1303 Existing law requires students to have demonstrated satisfactory performance at the 8th grade reading level in order to qualify for a drivers license. Following the administration of this test in the eighth grade, any student not successfully completing the re... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Appointed Trustee for Insolvent District (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Appointed Trustee for Insolvent District From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to appoint a trustee with the powers and responsibilities of an administrator when a school district becomes insolvent and requires an emergency apportionment from the state. http://www.leg... More... VA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Statewide School Division: The Opportunity Educational Institution S.B. 1324  Creates a statewide school division called the Opportunity Educational Institution to be administered and supervised by the Opportunity Educational Institution Board (also established by this bill). Requires any school that has been denied accreditation and p... More... MS Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Special Election to Fill School Board Positions for School Districts Under Conservatorship S.B. 2779 Amends Mississippi Code of 1972 so that in the event the statute provides that vacancies in an all-elected membership of the school board will be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the school board and no members of the school board remain in of... More... Accountability--School Improvement NH Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 School Performance and Accountability S.B. 48 Provides that schools shall meet or exceed performance targets based on student assessments, attendance, and high school graduation rates. Establishes definitions of "priority school" and "focus school." Repeals the local education improvement fund established... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 School Accountability S.B. 1447 Directs the Arizona Department of Education to publish criteria for a school or school district's exit status from a previous assignment of a letter grade of F. Requires these criteria to: prescribe the necessary actions and results in order to comply with sc... More... AZ Vetoed 05/2013 P-12 School and District Accountability S.B. 1445 Directs ADE to publish criteria for a school or school district's exit status from a previous assignment of a letter grade of F and requires this criteria to prescribe the necessary actions and results in order to comply with school improvement requirements, i... More... VA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Statewide School Division: The Opportunity Educational Institution S.B. 1324  Creates a statewide school division called the Opportunity Educational Institution to be administered and supervised by the Opportunity Educational Institution Board (also established by this bill). Requires any school that has been denied accreditation and p... More... WV Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 High Quality Educational Programs H.B. 3157 Eliminates over 20 accountability and reporting requirements. Reaffirms Goal 2020 Educational Goals related to curriculum and instruction; statewide assessment; talent acquisition; and goal-aligned funding incentives for districts and schools. The Legislative ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Innovation Districts S.B. 66 Creates a school improvement program. Designates district eligibility rules. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bills/SB66.pdf... More... MS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Teacher Education Scholarship, and Dropout Rate Restructuring S.B. 2658- Creates the teacher education scholars program and the Mississippi education works program which directs high schools with graduation rates lower than 80% to submit a plan to the department of education for restructure. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documen... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Transforming Persistently Failing Schools S.B. 5329 Amends existing law to require the superintendent of public instruction to annually identify challenged schools in need of improvement and a subset of such schools that are the persistently lowest-achieving schools in the state and outlines criteria for a chal... More... WV Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School/District Efficiency S.B. 359 Outlines alternative school and district measurements to ensure that all students receive thorough, efficient education. Delineates roles of schools, districts, and state board of education. Requires state board to reform the statewide assessment program and d... More... Adult Basic Education TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Adult High School Diploma and Industry Certification Charter School Pilot Program S.B. 1142 Directs the commissioner of education to establish an adult high school diploma and industry certification charter school pilot program for up to 150 participants ages 19-50. Permits a charter to be granted to an applicant nonprofit entity, to provide an adult... More... ME Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Community College Adult Education H.P. 335 - Adult Ed Provisions In defining adult education, deletes "career pathways" and adds: Adult workforce training and retraining and Adult career and technical education. Existing elements that persist: A. Basic literacy instruction or instruction in English as a Second Language; B. ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 High School Diploma for Adults H.F. 630 Directs the Commissioner of Education to adopt rules for providing a standard adult high school diploma to persons who: (1) are not eligible for K-12 services; (2) do not have a high school diploma; and (3) successfully complete an adult basic education progra... More... TX Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Transfer of Adult Education and Literacy Programs S.B. 307 From fiscal note: Transfers adult education and literacy programs from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Requires the TWC to: (1) Provide adequate staffing to develop, administer, and support a comprehensive statewide ad... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Student ID Number For Adult Education Programs S.B. 71 Directs an education data subcommittee to identify a method for assigning a unique student identifier to each person enrolled in an adult basic education program or high school general equivalency diploma program, for purposes of interagency data-sharing. http... More... Assessment AR Adopted 07/2013 P-12 Rules Governing the Positive Youth Development Grant Program Admin. Code 005.08.5 et seq. Amends rules governing the Positive Youth Development Program, which delivers developmentally appropriate learning experiences that help children and youth ages five through 19 develop educational, social, emotional, and physical skills during out-of-school ti... More... AK Adopted Text or Summary of Text 06/2013 P-12 Statewide Student Assessment 4 AAC 06.710, 730, 735 Repeals the standardized norm referenced test administration and replaces it with a standards-based test to measure student attainment of the state's standards. http://education.alaska.gov/regs/filed/4AAC_06_07_34_090.pdf... More... IA Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Assessments H.F. 215 - Division V Division V of H.F. 215 requires that beginning July 1, 2016, all students in grades 3-11 are to be administered an assessment during the last quarter of the school year in math and reading and science in grades 8 and 11. Assessments are to be aligned with the ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Statewide Reading and Math Assessments in Grades 3-8 H.B. 866 Reduces grades administered statewide reading and math assessments to grades 3, 5, and 8. Defines "minimum satisfactory adjusted scale score," and requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to determine minimum satisfactory adjusted scale score for each statewi... More... TX Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Texas High Performance Schools Consortium H.B. 2824 From fiscal note: Requires the participants of the Texas Higher Performance Schools Consortium to submit a report by December 2014 and by December 2016 on the progress participating campuses have made in achieving certain goals as outlined in the legislation. ... More... TX Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Assessment Instruments H.B. 2836 From fiscal note: Requires each assessment instrument to be determined to be valid and reliable on the basis of empirical evidence by an entity that is independent of the test developer and the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Requires assessment instruments to b... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 College and Career Readiness Benchmark H.F. 630 Directs the Commissioner of Education to contract for a series of assessments that are aligned with state academic standards, and include career and college readiness benchmarks. Math, reading, and writing assessments for grade 8 and 10 students must be predic... More... AL Adopted 04/2013 P-12 Grades 3-8 Summative Assessments ACT Aspire as Alabama's 3-8 Summative Assessment Resolution to adopt ACT Aspire as summative assessment for grades 3-8 beginning in the 2013-14 school year, as recommended by the Assessment and Accountability Task Force. Alabama's NCLB waiver application mentions the assessments' use for accountability purp... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 College Readiness Assessments & Interventions S.B. 814 Amends definition for "college and career readiness measurement" to include a criterion-referenced measurement of students' acquisition of skills needed to be successful in first-year college courses. Designates cut scores, approved assessments. Details proced... More... ND Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 State Academic Achievement Tests - High School S.B. 2102 Adds requirement that state reading and mathematics assessments be given in at least one selected grade level between grade 9 and grade 11. For state science assessments, specifies that it be given in at least one selected grade level between grade 10 and grad... More... Assessment--Accommodations NC Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Alternate ACT/PLAN for Certain Students H.B. 587 Requires the administration of an alternate to the ACT or an alternate to the PLAN precursor test to the ACT to certain students with severe disabilities. Requires the State Board of Education to ensure that parents of students enrolled in all public schools,... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Exemption of Limited English Proficient Student from State Assessment S.B. 377 From fiscal note: For the purposes of determining whether a student is allowed an exemption or postponement of an assessment because the student recently enrolled in a school in the U.S. and is of limited English proficiency, prohibits the consideration of a s... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Performance Standards on Alternative Assessments S.B. 906 Amends provisions regarding performance standards on alternative assessments for special education students. Prohibits the Texas Education Agency from adopting a performance standard that indicates a student's performance on the alternate assessment does not m... More... TX Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Assessment Instruments H.B. 2836 From fiscal note: Requires each assessment instrument to be determined to be valid and reliable on the basis of empirical evidence by an entity that is independent of the test developer and the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Requires assessment instruments to b... More... TN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Occupational Diploma S.B. 886 Requires state board of education to create an occupational high school diploma for students with disabilities. Directs board to set appropriate standards, benchmarks for attendance, academic achievement, and job readiness skills. Waives high school assessment... More... Assessment--College Entrance Exams NC Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Alternate ACT/PLAN for Certain Students H.B. 587 Requires the administration of an alternate to the ACT or an alternate to the PLAN precursor test to the ACT to certain students with severe disabilities. Requires the State Board of Education to ensure that parents of students enrolled in all public schools,... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 College and Career Readiness Benchmark H.F. 630 Directs the Commissioner of Education to contract for a series of assessments that are aligned with state academic standards, and include career and college readiness benchmarks. Math, reading, and writing assessments for grade 8 and 10 students must be predic... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. Pilot Outcome-based Funding S.B. 1293 AN ACT prescribing a simulated pilot program for outcome-based funding of schools. Creates a competitive application process where districts and charter schools would apply on an annual basis by January 1 and the State Board of Education select recipients by M... More... Assessment--Common Core/National Tests TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Common Core State Standards and Assessments H.B. 462 Prohibits the state board from adopting Common Core State Standards. Prohibits a district from using Common Core State Standards. Provides a district or charter school may not be required to to offer any aspect of a Common Core State Standards curriculum. Proh... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Student Assessment H.B. 2425 Repeals several assessment provisions. New law allows statewide assessment of subjects other than reading, writing, and math for satisfying high school graduation requirements. Eliminates requirement for the development, use of a nationally standardized, norm-... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Grade 3-11 Assessments H.B. 1219 - Grade 3-11 Assessments Repeals existing assessment requirements for reading, writing, math effective July 1, 2014; repeals science assessment requirements immediately. Effective the 2014-15 school year, directs the department to administer annual English language arts assessment in ... More... Assessment--End-of-Course NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Alternative High School Diplomas A.B. 288 Removes references to the General Education Development [GED] test. Requires the state board of education to select a high school equivalency assessment. Provides for the recognition of this future assessment in state statute. Eliminates the high school profic... More... TX Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Texas High Performance Schools Consortium H.B. 2824 From fiscal note: Requires the participants of the Texas Higher Performance Schools Consortium to submit a report by December 2014 and by December 2016 on the progress participating campuses have made in achieving certain goals as outlined in the legislation. ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 College Readiness Assessments & Interventions S.B. 814 Amends definition for "college and career readiness measurement" to include a criterion-referenced measurement of students' acquisition of skills needed to be successful in first-year college courses. Designates cut scores, approved assessments. Details proced... More... FL Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Civics End-of-Course Assessment S.B. 1076 - Civics End-of-Course Assessment Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, requires that each student's performance on the statewide, standardized end-of-course assessment in civics education constitute 30% of the student's final course grade. Page 24 of 144: http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bil... More... WV Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 College and Career Readiness S.B. 359 Before the 2014-2015 school year, the state board, the Higher Education Policy Commission, and the Council for Community and Technical College Education shall collaborate in formally adopting uniform, specific college- and career-readiness standards for Englis... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Establishing Youth Development Division for At-Risk Prevention and Intervention H.B. 3231 Establishes the Youth Development Division in the department of education to ensure services provided to children through 20 years of age support educational success, focus on crime prevention, and reduce high risk behaviors. Places control of the youth develo... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Special Student Recovery Program S.B. 119 Permits the commissioner of education to require El Paso Independent School District to operate a special student recovery program under specified circumstances. Requires the program to offer specified services, including services designed to enable students t... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Continuing Education Requirements for Teachers, Principals, and Counselors H.B. 642 Requires that continuing education requirements for teachers provide that up to 25% of the training required every 5 years include instruction on (1) collecting and analyzing information that will improve classroom effectiveness; (2) recognizing early warning ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Grant Program to Provide Instruction to Educationally Disadvantaged Students H.B. 742 Establishes a grant program for districts to provide summer instruction primarily for students who are educationally disadvantaged. Directs the commissioner to establish and administer a grant program to provide grants to up to 10 districts to provide instruct... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Adult High School Diploma and Industry Certification Charter School Pilot Program S.B. 1142 Directs the commissioner of education to establish an adult high school diploma and industry certification charter school pilot program for up to 150 participants ages 19-50. Permits a charter to be granted to an applicant nonprofit entity, to provide an adult... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 College and Career Readiness Performance Measures H.F. 630 Directs the commission to identify and report measures that demontrate success of learning year program providers in improving students' graduation outcomes. The commissioner, beginning July 1, 2015, must annually report data on four- and six-year graduation r... More... TX Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Evaluating Dropout Recovery Schools S.B. 1538 Defines "dropout recovery school" for purposes of evaluating performance. Directs the commissioner of education to use the alternative completion rate to determine the student achievement indicator for a dropout recovery school. Directs the commissioner in det... More... TX Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Dropout Recovery Programs at Public Junior Colleges S.B. 860 Existing provisions permit a public junior college to enter into an articulation agreement with one or more districts to provide a dropout recovery program on the public junior college campus. New provision authorizes a public junior college to partner with a ... More... WV Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 At-risk students H.B. 2861 Relates to continued enrollment of at-risk student in public school while enrolled in an alternative program that meets certain conditions. Authorizes county superintendent to approve continued enrollment. Providing conditions under which continued enrollment ... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. K-12 Course Completion Data H.B. 1219 - K-12 Course Completion Data Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, directs the department of education to annually collect student-level course completion data from each local education agency. Directs the department to establish a definition of course completion, and to work with inter... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Dropout Report Information H.B. 1294 Existing law provides for the the state department to compile and distribute locally-submitted data on students who have dropped out of school in the preceding quarter. This bill adds to the list of recipients for such reports: the Military Department of the S... More... CO Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Tuition For Dropout Recovery Program Students S.B. 31 Directs the local education provider to pay student tuition for each course in which a student enrolls through a dropout recovery program (previously, local education provider required to pay only for completed courses in a dropout recovery program). http://ww... More... NM Passed 02/2013 P-12 Truancy and Dropout Prevention Task Force S.M. 72 Requests that a task force be developed and recommend multi-agency coordinated and cooperative strategies to keep students in school and prevent truancy and early withdrawal from school, measures for schools and school districts to use in identifying the prima... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Rating Modified Assessment Formula S.B. 370 Partially from bill analysis: Amends existing law that relates to school ratings to include public schools whose enrollment includes at least 75% of any combination of students with a history or family history of incarceration or extended or significant involv... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 Young Adults Heroin Use Task Force H.B. 946 Creates the Young Adults Heroin Use Task Force to address the growing problem of heroin use in high schools. Establishes membership. Directs the task force to conduct a study on the heroin use problem in high schools and suggest programs for high schools to us... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Prevention S.B. 831 Previous legislation required the department of state health services, in coordination with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), to provide and annually update a list of recommended best practice-based early mental health intervention and suicide prevention progr... More... IL Passed 05/2013 P-12 Underage Drinking and Parental Education H.R. 162 Encourages districts to establish educational programs to inform parents about the dangers of serving alcohol to minors and the prohibition on serving alcohol to minors and the punishment for a violation of the prohibition. Encourages all parents and minors to... More... IL Passed 05/2013 P-12 Physical Fitness H.J.R. 5 Encourage educators and school administrators to suggest some topics, but not limited to the following for discussion during fitness awareness week: nutrition and dietary behavior, physical activity protocols, tobacco-use prevention, alcohol or drug use preven... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Parent Seminar on Youth Protection H.B. 298 Directs a district to offer a parent seminar each year, using either a locally-developed curriculum or a curriculum developed by the state board, that includes information on substance abuse; bullying; mental health, depression, and suicide awareness; and Inte... More... MT Signed into law 02/2013 P-12 Repeal DARE program S.B. 73 Repeals the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) Program. Abolishes the D.A.R.E. Trust Fund Account, the Voluntary Income Tax Checkoff, and program administration. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/SB0073.pdf... More... Attendance TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Excused Absence for Students Who Are Parents H.B. 455 Allows a student an excused absence from public school for taking the student's child to an appointment with a health care professional. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/pdf/HB00455F.pdf#navpanes=0... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Excused Student Absences and Parent Deployment S.B. 260 Requires a school district to excuse a student whose parent, stepparent, or legal guardian is an active duty member of the U.S. Armed Forces or Reserves, or National Guard and who has been called to duty for, is on leave from, or immediately returned from at l... More... FL Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children H.B. 7003 Repeals provisions relating to the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children three years after the effective date of this act unless legislature reviews and reenacts. Requires that the annual dues assessment for the Interstate Compact... More... ID Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Alternative Secondary School Funding Formulas H.B. 226 Amends current law for any alternative secondary school to have their full-term average daily attendance used to calculate support units for each cohort of students that meets the minimum instructional hours that are required. Support units so calculated shall... More... KY Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Enrollment of Nonresident Child of District Employee H.B. 182 Permits SEEK funding to be distributed to a school that enrolls a nonresident pupil who attends a district in which the pupil's parent is employed. Permits all tuition fees required of a nonresident pupil to be waived for such a pupil. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/re... More... MT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Clarify In-district School Assignment Appeal Process S.B. 356 SB 356 clarifies that a parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a child has a right to appeal the trustee's school assignment decision. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/SB0356.pdf... More... Attendance--Compulsory IL Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Compulsory School Age S.B. 1307 Lowers compulsory school age from 7 to 6 (on or before September 1), effective with the 2014-15 school year. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/PDF/09800SB1307lv.pdf... More... ME Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Compulsory School Attendance H.P. 871 Would have changed the compulsory school attendance laws to provide that a child who enrolls in a public day school before the child is 7 years of age is required to remain in attendance at a public day school or at an equivalent instruction alternative to att... More... DE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Earlier Truancy Intervention H.B. 24 Implements recommendations from the Truancy Task Force by changing provisions of the Delaware Code regarding compulsory attendance and when a truancy case must be brought to the Truancy Court. Specifically, school attendance requirements apply to enrolled stud... More... IA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Preschool Enrollment Considered "Of Compulsory Age" H.F. 351 Adds a new section to require a child who has reached the age of four by September 15 and who is enrolled in the statewide preschool program to be considered to be of compulsory attendance age unless the parent or guardian of the child submits written notice t... More... MS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Attendance and Absenteeism H.B. 1530 Amends existing law that a compulsory-school-age child who is absent more than 37% of the instructional day must be considered absent for the entire day. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/pdf/HB/1500-1599/HB1530SG.pdf ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Upper Compulsory School Age S.B. 97 Effective with the 2015-16 school year, permits a local board to raise the upper compulsory school age from 16 to 18. Requires a local board adopting such a policy to certify that the district has, or will have, programs to meet the needs of potential dropouts... More... Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) ME Became law without governor's signature 07/2013 P-12 Changes Required in State Board Amendments to Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age 20 H.R. 232 The State Board of Education made a major substantive rule change to the Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty, an action requiring legislative review. This bill authorizes this action contingent on several conditions: 1. Strike the ... More... NE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Change in Kindergarten Cut-Off Age L.B. 410 - School Entrance The cutoff date remains five years on or before July 31 of the calendar year in which the school year for which the child is seeking admission begins. However, this bill changes from allowing to requiring admission of children who turn 5 between August 1 and ... More... Attendance--Truancy DC Signed into law 07/2013 pre-K-12 Attendance Accountability Amendment Act of 2013 L.B. 72 Establishes truancy procedures with inter-agency coordination, and requires the Office of the Attorney General to submit an annual truancy status report. Requires that a truancy prevention resource guide be available by August 1, 2013; requires the Office of t... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Driving Privileges S.B. 269 Requires the principal of a public school or his/her designee to provide certain pupils with a written statement verifying that the pupil has complied with certain attendance requirements. Authorizes a school police officer or certain other persons to impose a... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Attendance and Student Final Grade H.B. 5 - Attendance and Student Final Grade Provides that any student in grades K-12 may not receive a final grade for a class unless the student is in attendance for at least 90% of the days the class is offered. Permits a student who attends 75% but less than 90% of class days to receive a final grade... More... DE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Earlier Truancy Intervention H.B. 24 Implements recommendations from the Truancy Task Force by changing provisions of the Delaware Code regarding compulsory attendance and when a truancy case must be brought to the Truancy Court. Specifically, school attendance requirements apply to enrolled stud... More... IL Passed 05/2013 P-12 Truancy in Chicago Public Schools Task Force H.J.R. 1 Creates the Truancy in Chicago Public Schools Task Force. Establishes membership. Directs the task force to examine issues and make recommendations related to current state board and City of Chicago School District 299 policies regarding truancy and excessive ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Absenteeism S.B. 338 Requires the department of education to provide resources and guidance to school corporations concerning evidence-based practices and effective strategies to reduce absenteeism. Makes changes to the definition of: (1) chronic absenteeism; and (2) habitual trua... More... MD Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Truancy H.B. 207 Requires each local board of education to develop a system of active intervention for any K-12 student who is chronically absent from school, defined by being unlawfully absent more than 8 school days in any quarter, 15 days in any semester, or 20 days in a sc... More... MT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Revises Truancy Laws H.B. 313 Revise school truancy laws. Defines "truant" or "truancy" as the persistent nonattendance without excuse, as defined by district policy, for all or any part of a school day equivalent to the length of one class period of a child required to attend a school. If... More... Background Checks NH Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Background Checks H.B. 282 Requires criminal records checks of driver education instructors. Updates references relating to suspending or revoking a school license or driver education certificate. Authorizes background checks on candidates for employment or promotion at the department o... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. Criminal History Information and On-Campus Housing Applications S.B. 146 Authorizes an institution of higher education to obtain criminal history record information for a student or prospective student applying to reside in on-campus housing. Permits such criminal history record information to be used only to evaluate current or pr... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Contract for Electronic Fingerprinting H.B. 2441 Allows the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to contract for electronic services related to fingerprint clearance cards (cards). http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/51leg/1r/laws/0174.pdf... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Notification of Employee Charges, Convications S.B. 283 Requires district attorneys to notify the state board when an employee is charged with a felony or violent misdemeanor and when the employee has been convicted or receives a suspended sentence or probationary term for a sex-related crime for which a teaching c... More... OR Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Drug Tests for School Transportation Providers S.B. 193 Requires every school transportation provider to have either an in-house drug and alcohol testing program that meets the federal requirements or be a member of a consortium that provides testing that meets the federal requirements. Requires each calendar year ... More... RI Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Background Checks for Volunteers H.B. 5229, S.B. 347 Requires that individuals who are current/prospective volunteers of a school department and who may have direct and unmonitored contact with children and/or students on school premises would be required to undergo a state criminal background check. http://webs... More... VT Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Multiple Components - Background Checks H.B. 521 One of multiple components. Requires the review of the Child Protection and Vulnerable Abuse Registries each time an educator renews his or her professional license.  It also permits the Secretary of Education or a superintendent to share criminal background r... More... VT Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Multiple Components - Board Chair and Superintendent Training H.B. 521 One of multiple components. Requires annual joint training for a superintendent and the board chairs within the supervisory union. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2014/Acts/Act056.PDF... More... FL To governor 04/2013 P-12 Background Screening and ID Badges for Noninstructional Contractors on School Grounds H.B. 21 Requires DOE to create uniform, statewide identification badge to be worn by noninstructional contractors signifying that contractor has met specified requirements. Requires school district to issue badge. Requires all districts to recognize the badge and for ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Teacher Licensure Hearings and Appeals S.B. 2188 (Section 2) Amends existing law to require that surrender or suspension of a teaching certificate or license by another state will result in immediate denial of licensure until such time that the records predicating the revocation, suspension or surrender in the prior sta... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Criminal History Record Checks S.B. 244 Any person who has been employed as a full-time teacher by a school district in the state and applies for employment as a full-time teacher in another district in the state may not be required to have a national criminal history record check if the teacher pro... More... OR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Criminal Background Checks for Early Childhood Education Programs S.B. 104 Makes amendment to include early childhood education programs be being able to request fingerprints and conduct a background check. http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/sb0100.dir/sb0104.en.pdf ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 School Personnel Background Checks S.B. 457 Revises laws governing background checks for educators, fiscal officers, nonlicensed school district staff, and student teachers. Adds staff from open enrollment charter schools to personnel required to submit information for background check. http://www.arkl... More... OR Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Reporting of Misconduct By School Employees H.B. 2184 Requires information requested by an education provider from other education providers who are recent employers of an applicant, and the information that education providers must provide upon request, apply to all of an applicant's conduct that is known by the... More... MA Signed into law 01/2013 P-12 An Act relative to background checks H.B. 4307 Requires the Board of Education to conduct a fingerprint-based background test before issuing a teacher or child care license. Directs the board to develop procedures for dissemination of criminal background records to districts, townships, and school principa... More... Bilingual/ESL IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 State Seal of Biliteracy S.B. 1221 Defines "foreign language" to include modern languages, Latin, American Sign Language, Native American languages. Establishes State Seal of Biliteracy program to recognize public high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in one or mor... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 English Language Learners S.B. 504 Requires reports submitted by local school boards and charter school sponsors include information on the progression of the achievement and proficiency of pupils who are limited English proficient. Requires districts and charter schools to report achievement ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. English Mastery Council S.B. 504 Sets forth the membership and duties of the council. The council will have 16 members, including the Superintendent, two higher education faculty members, two K-12 teachers, two parents, four school administrators, one school board member, two businesspeople,... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 ESL Curriculum & Teacher Certification S.B. 504 Eliminates requirement that State Board of Education must establish a program to teach English to pupils who are limited English proficient. Instead, the bill requires the state board of education to develop criteria so that local districts can develop their ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Continuing Education Requirements for Teachers, Principals, and Counselors H.B. 642 Requires that continuing education requirements for teachers provide that up to 25% of the training required every 5 years include instruction on (1) collecting and analyzing information that will improve classroom effectiveness; (2) recognizing early warning ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Exemption of Limited English Proficient Student from State Assessment S.B. 377 From fiscal note: For the purposes of determining whether a student is allowed an exemption or postponement of an assessment because the student recently enrolled in a school in the U.S. and is of limited English proficiency, prohibits the consideration of a s... More... NM Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Teacher Language Proficiency and Council H.B. 541 Partially from bill analysis: Creates the bilingual education advisory council and allows for the establishment of a statewide seal of bilingual proficiency and for all schools to provide students graduating high school with the opportunity to demonstrate prof... More... SD Signed into law 03/2013 Postsec. Enhancement of South Dakota's Economic Development and Education S.B. 235 Permits thirty percent of the building South Dakota fund to be transferred to the workforce education fund. The workforce education fund can be used to fund the limited English proficiency adjustment, provide grants for the purposes of providing secondary car... More... Brain Research TN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Brain Research S.J.R. 17 Resolves to recognize the importance of neurological or brain research in the training of teacher candidates and encourage state universities to provide such training.... More... TN Signed into law 03/2013 Postsec. Preservice Teacher Training S.B. 59 Authorizes, encourages teacher training programs at public postsecondary institutions to offer coursework on neurological or brain science research http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/108/Bill/SB0059.pdf... More... Business Involvement MO Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. Education Campus Fund S.B. 381 Creates the Innovation Education Campus Fund to provide funding to innovation education campuses - an educational partnership between high schools or school districts, a Missouri four-year public or private institution of higher education, a Missouri-based bu... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Business Involvement in Early College High Schools S.B. 1557 Directs the commissioner of education to collaborate with the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop and implement a strategic plan that includes (1) strategies to increase private industry participation in the ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 Postsec. Modifying Job Skills Program Provisions. H.B. 1247 Amends existing law which requires the annual gross business income of five hundred thousand dollars or more to be equal to or greater than the amount of the requested job skills grant. Commitment of financial support from businesses with an annual gross busin... More... Career/Technical Education CA To governor 09/2013 P-12 Postsec. Education and Workforce Investment Systems S.B. 118 From bill summary: Provides that the California Workforce Investment Board ("board") is responsible for assisting the governor in the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century workforce and the promotion of th... More... CA To governor 09/2013 P-12 Career and Technical Education in Corrections Education A.B. 1019 From bill analysis: Requires goals for career technical education to be set by the superintendent of correctional education. Establishes factors that are required to be considered when establishing a career technical education program, including the demand for... More... CA Vetoed 08/2013 P-12 Career Technical Education Certificates S.B. 540 From legislative counsel's digest: Authorizes a district or county office of education to award a pupil a career technical education certificate if the pupil meets specified requirements, including satisfactory completion of the equivalent of 4 semester-long c... More... OR Signed into law 08/2013 Postsec. Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee H.B. 2912 Amends the issues to be addressed by the representatives from the department of education, the department of community colleges and workforce development and the bureau of labor and industries to encourage the establishment of joint high school and community c... More... DE Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Duties of the State Board of Education S.B. 103 Transfers authority for Perkins funds (career/technical education) from the department of labor to the department of education. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+103?Opendocument... More... ME Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. An Act To Create an Educational Collaborative To Implement a Program That Enables Career and Technical Education Students To Earn College Credits while Attending High School, (LD 1412) S.P. 506 Establishes a collaborative board composed of representatives of career and technical education programs, high schools and publicly supported postsecondary institutions in the State to implement a program that enables career and technical education students to... More... MO Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. Education Campus Fund S.B. 381 Creates the Innovation Education Campus Fund to provide funding to innovation education campuses - an educational partnership between high schools or school districts, a Missouri four-year public or private institution of higher education, a Missouri-based bu... More... MO Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Career and Technical Education Advisory Council S.B. 17 Establishes the Career and Technical Education Advisory Council. Repeals the State Advisory Committee for Vocational Education. The advisory council must make an annual written report to the State Board of Education and the Commissioner of Education regarding ... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Joint Technical Education District Funding H.B. 2499 Requires the average daily membership (ADM) for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students enrolled at a centralized campus that is leased by a Joint Technical Education District (JTED) and that is at least 2.5 hours long to be calculated to be increased from 1.25 to... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Charter School Provisions S.B. 1447 Requires charter schools to provide students with 180 instructional days, up from 175. Provides that charter schools can offer preschool programs for students with disabilities. Finds that charter schools will receive $1,654 in Additional Assistance for disa... More... IA Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Community College Statewide Work-Based Learning Intermediary Network Program H.F. 604 Appropriations bill, but includes various changes to the Statewide Work-Based Learning Intermediary Network Program, including modifying the purposes of the program and the duties of the steering committee, regional networks, and regional advisory councils for... More... IL Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Part-Time Provisional Career and Technical Educator Endorsement H.B. 1868 Permits an Educator License with Stipulations to be renewable. Allows a part-time provisional career and technical educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations to be issued to an applicant who has a minimum of 8,000 hours of work experience in... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Advanced CTE and Applied STEM Courses in Graduation Requirements H.B. 2201 Permits students to fulfill the 3rd and 4th math and science credits for the recommended and advanced high school programs by completing an advanced career and technical course (previously, students coupld substitute only a math course taken after taking Algeb... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program H.B. 3662 Creates the Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program. Provides the purposes of the program are to provide selected districts, and public and private or independent institutions of higher education, with the opportunity to establish innovative programs designed... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Dual Credit for Certain CTE Courses H.B. 842 Permits a program implemented under the college credit program to provide a student with the opportunity to earn credit for a course or activity, including an apprenticeship or training hours, that (1) allows a student to concurrently earn credit toward a high... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Texas Fast Start Program S.B. 441 Directs the Texas Workforce Commission, in partnership with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to establish and administer the Texas Fast Start Program to identify and develop methods to support, and to provide support for, competency-based, rapid-... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Adult High School Diploma and Industry Certification Charter School Pilot Program S.B. 1142 Directs the commissioner of education to establish an adult high school diploma and industry certification charter school pilot program for up to 150 participants ages 19-50. Permits a charter to be granted to an applicant nonprofit entity, to provide an adult... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. Partnerships between the Texas State Technical College System and Public Junior Colleges H.B. 2760 Permits the higher education coordinating board and a public junior college to enter into a partnership to coordinate the management and operations of the institutions and to enhance the delivery of technical education programs statewide. Requires that such a ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Developing a Skilled Workforce H.C.R. 82 Requests the creation of a joint interim committee to study education policy as it relates to developing a skilled workforce. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/pdf/HC00082F.pdf#navpanes=0... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Skills Development Fund Dollars to Support Certain Dual Credit Programs H.B. 3028 Permits the Texas Workforce Commission to use up to 5% of the general revenue appropriated to the skills development fund for that biennium, along with funds available to the commission from other sources, to be awarded to a public junior college, public state... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Career and Technology Consortium H.B. 5 - Career and Technology Consortium Directs the commissioner of education to investigate options for the state to join a consortium of states to develop sequences of academically rigorous career and technology courses in high-demand, high-wage career areas in the state. Requires that the curricu... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 CTE Partnerships with Higher Education, Local Business and Community H.B. 5 - CTE Partnerships with Higher Education, Local Business and Community Permits a district to offer a course or other activity, including an apprenticeship or training hours needed to obtain an industry-recognized credential or certificate, that is approved by the board of trustees for credit without obtaining state board approval... More... AL Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Twenty-First Century Workforce Act H.B. 102 The Twenty-First Century Workforce Act authorizes the Alabama Public School and College Authority (APSCA) to issue up to $50,000,000 in additional bonds for the purpose of providing funds to local boards of education to purchase career and technical education ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Career Pathways and Technical Education Advisory Task Force H.F. 630 Creates the task force to improve outcomes for students and adult learners, align secondary and postsecondary programs, and measured the combined efficacy of Minnesota's P-20 programs. Charges task force with (1) better informing students about career options,... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 College and Career Coaches Program H.B. 2039 Creates the College and Career Coaches Program. Designates which districts are required to participate. Provides that the departments of education and higher education will jointly administer the program. Details that districts will receive supplementary fundi... More... FL Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Career/Technical Education S.B. 1076 - Career/Technical Education Section 3: Authorizes a district board to appoint a governing board for a school district technical center or system of technical centers to align the center's programs with local business needs. Directs the school board to delegate to the technical center gov... More... IN Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Community College Creates Regional Indiana Works Council S.B. 465 Establishes an Indiana Works Council (Council) for each region designated by the Governor. Provides that council members are selected, appointed by the Governor. Requires the Education Roundtable to provide staff/administrative support to Councils. Requires ea... More... IN Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes Indiana Career Council H.B. 1002 Establishes the Indiana Career Council to: (1) align the various participants in the state's education, job skills development, and career training system; (2) match the education and skills training provided by the state's education, job skills development, a... More... KS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 District Financial Incentive S.B. 128 Rewards districts where students graduate with an industry-recognized credential. "Industry recognition" defined as programs and certifications approved by the state Secretary of Labor.... More... MT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Strengthening Career and Technology Student Organizations Program H.B. 86 Creates the state-level strengthening career and technology student organizations program. Describes purposes. Sets parameters for grant funding. Organizations submitting grant proposals are required to provide: (a) a program description, including measurable ... More... AL Adopted 03/2013 P-12 Testing for Initial Specialty Area Career and Technical Certificate AL ADC 290-3-2-.02, -.23, -.24 Requires passing scores on the basic skills assessments of the Alabama Educator Certification Testing Program (AECTP) for issuance of an initial Specialty Area Career and Technical Certificate. ... More... SD Signed into law 03/2013 Postsec. Enhancement of South Dakota's Economic Development and Education S.B. 235 Permits thirty percent of the building South Dakota fund to be transferred to the workforce education fund. The workforce education fund can be used to fund the limited English proficiency adjustment, provide grants for the purposes of providing secondary car... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Occupational Training for High School Students H.B. 1858 Requires the Board of Education to develop, by July 1, 2014, a waiver form for use by any entity providing a career and technical occupational experience for public secondary school students. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1858ER+pdf... More... NM Passed 02/2013 P-12 Postsec. Alignment of Education and Training to Types of Employment H.M. 45 Resolves that the economic development department, the workforce solutions department, the public education department, the bureau of business and economic research at the University of New Mexico, and the arrowhead center at New Mexico State University coordi... More... VA Signed into law 02/2013 P-12 High School to Work Partnerships S.B. 1248 Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for the establishment of High School to Work Partnerships between public high schools and local businesses to create apprenticeships, internships, and job shadow programs in a variety of trades and skilled l... More... Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Community College Apprenticeship Programs (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Apprenticeship Programs From bill summary: Revises the role of the state department of education in apprenticeship programs. Among other things, establishes standards for the provision of state funding and reimbursements for these programs at high schools, unified school districts, r... More... IN Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Community College Creates Regional Indiana Works Council S.B. 465 Establishes an Indiana Works Council (Council) for each region designated by the Governor. Provides that council members are selected, appointed by the Governor. Requires the Education Roundtable to provide staff/administrative support to Councils. Requires ea... More... VA Signed into law 02/2013 P-12 High School to Work Partnerships S.B. 1248 Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for the establishment of High School to Work Partnerships between public high schools and local businesses to create apprenticeships, internships, and job shadow programs in a variety of trades and skilled l... More... Cheating AR Adopted 07/2013 P-12 Rules Governing Alleged Testing Improprieties Admin. Code 005.15 Identifies a procedure for investigating and addressing complaints regarding alleged testing improprieties. Defines the 12 types of testing impropriety. Stipulates sanctions for individuals who violate testing integrity, including revocation of licensure or ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Cheating A.B. 460 Revises the contents of the annual reports of accountability to include information concerning violations of the code of honor relating to cheating or any other code of honor applicable to pupils enrolled in high school. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77t... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Investigation of Alleged Inaccurate Data Being Reported S.B. 123 Permits (previously required) the commissioner of education to authorize special accreditation investigations under specified circumstances. Authorizes a special accreditation investigation to be conducted in response to a complaint to the agency regarding all... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Tampering with School Reporting Data S.B. 124 From fiscal note: Amends the Penal Code to enhance the offense of tampering with certain governmental records based on certain reporting for districts and charter schools from the misdemeanor level to a third- or second-degree felony, depending on the circumst... More... TN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Assessment Security S.B. 88 Directs the department of education to review assessment security measures at both the state and local level. Requires the department to consult with the providers of the standardized tests to determine if the providers are aware of issues with security or ca... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Authorizing Penalties Based on the Fraudulent Submission of Tests for Educators S.B. 5701 Amends existing law so that a reprimand may be issued as an alternative to suspension or revocation of a certificate or permit. Allows for any certificate or permit to be revoked or suspended by the authority authorized to grant the same upon complaint from th... More... Choice of Schools MT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Clarify In-district School Assignment Appeal Process S.B. 356 SB 356 clarifies that a parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a child has a right to appeal the trustee's school assignment decision. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/SB0356.pdf... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools IL Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Charter School in District Containing Military Base H.B. 3112 Provides that any charter school located in a school district that contains all or part of a federal military base may set aside up to 33% of its current charter enrollment to students with parents assigned to the federal military base, with the remaining 67% ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Sale/Lease of District Property to a Charter School (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Sale/Lease of District Property to a Charter School From bill summary: Existing law, which becomes inoperative on June 30, 2013, and is repealed on January 1, 2014, requires a school district governing board seeking to sell or lease real property designed to provide direct instruction or instructional support t... More... NC Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Charter School Enrollment & Charter Revisions H.B. 250 Amends existing law so that within one year after the charter school begins operation, the charter school is required to make efforts for the population of the school to reasonably reflect the racial and ethnic composition of the general population residing wi... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Charter School Provisions S.B. 1447 Requires charter schools to provide students with 180 instructional days, up from 175. Provides that charter schools can offer preschool programs for students with disabilities. Finds that charter schools will receive $1,654 in Additional Assistance for disa... More... DE Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Amendment Concerning Charter Schools H.B. 165 Updates the State's charter school law to improve charter school accountability and support. Raises the bar for starting charter schools with a pre-screening process, applicant interviews and additional opportunities to receive and use public input regarding t... More... ME Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 An Act To Allow Charter Schools To Request Waivers from Certain Requirements, (LD 729) S.P. 267  Authorizes the commissioner to grant a public charter school a waiver of one or more requirements applicable to the public charter school upon receipt of an application from the public charter school that includes the basis for the waiver request and a plan t... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 06/2013 P-12 An Act To Improve Maine's Charter School Laws S.P. 171 Requires Authorizer to render a decision on a school application no later than 90 days after the application deadline set by the authorizer and within 10 days to report such a decision to the Commissioner. Clarifies that an approved application may not serve a... More... ME Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Charter Schools Required to be Operated As Nonprofits H.P. 463 Requires that public charter schools and virtual public charter schools be operated as nonprofit organizations. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0463&item=1&snum=126 ... More... ME Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Greater Public Input and Local Control in the Chartering of Public Schools S.P. 389 Would have required that any person, group or organization, prior to filing an application for a public charter school with the Maine Charter School Commission hold at least 3 public hearings in the region that would be affected by the operation of the public ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Charter School Provisions A.B. 205 Requires that a performance framework for a charter school be incorporated into the charter contract. Performance framework must include a) pupil academic achievement; b) identified achievement gaps; c) attendance rate; and if a high school, d) graduation rate... More... OR Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Public Charter School Submission of Proposal and Appeals Process H.B. 2150 Amends existing law to not allow a member of the school district board of the school district within which a public charter school is located in to not be a voting member of the public charter school governing body, but allows for the opportunity to act in an ... More... SC Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Charter Schools H.B. 3472 Relates to the conversion of a private school to a charter school. Requires converted private school to not open as a charter school for a period of twelve months, unless the enrollment of the converted public school for the most recently completed school term... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Qualifications of Charter School Employees H.B. 647 Permits a charter school to employ a person as a teacher or aide if a district could employ the person as a teacher or aide, or if a district could employ the person as a teacher or educational aide if the person held the appropriate educator certification but... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Adult High School Diploma and Industry Certification Charter School Pilot Program S.B. 1142 Directs the commissioner of education to establish an adult high school diploma and industry certification charter school pilot program for up to 150 participants ages 19-50. Permits a charter to be granted to an applicant nonprofit entity, to provide an adult... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Charter School Amendments S.B. 1204 Exempts the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools (ASBCS) from requirements for establishing rules before charging a fee for 2 years; details what must be included in charter school applications; repeals statute requiring certain things be included in charte... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Charter Schools Zoning Procedures S.B. 1103 Allows a charter school to authorize a third party to apply to a municipality or county as the charter school's representative for zoning applications and actions. Prohibits a municipality or county from enforcing, or attempting to enforce, any ordinance, proc... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Charter School Administration H.B. 1338 Provides that before a charter school authorizer may issue a charter to an organizer that has had its charter terminated or has been informed that its charter will not be renewed by the organizer's current authorizer, the authorizer must request to have the pr... More... MD Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Charter Schools - Study S.B. 194 This bill requires the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) to conduct a study of specified items related to charter schools and provide final recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2014. The study conducted and recomm... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Charter School Authorization H.F. 630 Provides that a change in charter school authorization is allowed if the authorizer and the charter school board of directors mutually agree not to renew the contract. Directs current authorizer to inform new authorizer on the fiscal, operational, and student ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Charter School Provisions H.F. 630 Provides that a charter school must comply with continuing truant notification; develop and implement a teacher evaluation and peer review process; and adopt a policy, plan, budget, and process to review curriculum, instruction and student achievement to creat... More... OR Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Renewal of Charters for Charter Schools H.B. 2875 Requires an expiring charter to remain in effect until a new charter is negotiated. http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb2800.dir/hb2875.en.pdf... More... SC Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Charter Schools H.B. 3087 Provides that public charter schools should allow enrollment preference to returning students and that these returning students may not enter a lottery for charter school enrollment. Provides that charter schools located on a federal military installation may ... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Charter Schools Admissions Requirements H.B. 2494 Expands charter school enrollment preference to include pupils who are grandchildren or legal wards of: a) employees of the school or charter holder; b) members of the governing body of the school; or c) directors, officers, partners or board members of the ch... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Schools; Petition; Regulatory exemptions H.B. 2496 Authorizes charter schools to participate in the regulatory exemptions petition process currently in statute for school districts; grants the SBE permissive authority to approve the exemptions submitted by school districts; modifies the petition process quali... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Grantee Charter School Serving as LEA H.B. 1219 - Grantee Charter School Serving as LEA Provides that if a charter school or institute charter school applies for a nonformulaic, competitive grant created through federal or state program, the charter school is the local education agency (LEA) only for purposes of applying and determining grant eli... More... ID Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Public Charter School Accountability and Authorization H.B. 221 Adds to and amends existing law relating to public charter schools. Expands charter authorization and revises provisions relating to the designation of a public charter school as a local education agency. Amends provisions pertaining to the petitioning and es... More... IN Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Sale of a Public School Building H.B. 1012 Provides that a school corporation or any other entity that is related in any way to, or created by, the school corporation or the governing body, including a building corporation may sell a vacant or unused school building after the school building is made av... More... MS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Mississippi Charter Schools Act of 2013 H.B. 369 Amends existing law so that the term "public body" includes the governing board of a charter school authorized by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board. Ensures that the term "governing authority" also will not include the governing board of a charte... More... NM Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Public Education Commission as Independent H.B. 392 From bill analysis: Proposed amending sections of the public education department act, and the charter schools act to establish the public education commission (PEC) as a separate, independent entity from the public education department (PED). Removes the PEC'... More... AR Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Charter School Authorization H.B. 1528 Designates the department of education as the primary charter authorizer in the state of Arkansas. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bills/HB1528.pdf... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Charter School Applications from Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees S.B. 151 From bill summary: Establishes procedures and criteria for the approval of a charter school application by the Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees. Provides that a charter school application may not be denied due to certain impacts to a public... More... NM Passed 02/2013 P-12 Feasibility Study of a Bi-State Charter School for a Navajo Nation Chapter H.M. 43 Resolves that the Indian education division of the public education department and the Indian affairs department create a work group to study the feasibility of a bi-state charter school in the Red Lake chapter of the Navajo Nation and develop a report with fi... More... VA Signed into law 02/2013 P-12 Multi-District Charter School Applications S.B. 1131 Provides that charter school applications that are initiated by one or more local school boards are not subject to review by the Board of Education. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1131ER+pdf... More... IL Signed into law 01/2013 P-12 Respective Powers of State Charter School Commission and State Board, Superintendent H.B. 5825 Provides that the State Charter School Commission is established as an independent commission (instead of state agency). Provides that the commission is under the state board for administrative purposes only and requires the state board to provide administrati... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 School District Empowerment Program. H.B. 2131 Establishes the School District Empowerment Program. Allows districts to apply for an exemption from all statutory requirements and State Board of Education rules from which charter schools are exempt. Requires the state board to approve/disapprove within 90 ... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Charter School Amendments S.B. 1204 Exempts the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools (ASBCS) from requirements for establishing rules before charging a fee for 2 years; details what must be included in charter school applications; repeals statute requiring certain things be included in charte... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters IL Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Virtual Charter Schools H.B. 494 From April 1, 2013 to April 1, 2014, sets a moratorium on the establishment of charter schools with virtual-schooling components in districts other than Chicago. Provides that this moratorium does not apply to a charter school with virtual-schooling components... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Sale/Lease of District Property to a Charter School (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Sale/Lease of District Property to a Charter School From bill summary: Existing law, which becomes inoperative on June 30, 2013, and is repealed on January 1, 2014, requires a school district governing board seeking to sell or lease real property designed to provide direct instruction or instructional support t... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Charter School Revolving Loan Fund and Charter School Security Fund (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Charter School Finance From bill summary: Transfers administration of the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund and the Charter School Security Fund from the department of education to the California School Finance Authority commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year. Revises and recasts ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Calculating Charter School ADA (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Calculating Charter School ADA From bill summary: Revise certain procedures for the calculation of average daily attendance for the purpose of funding charter schools. Specifically prohibits a charter school pupil from generating more than one day of attendance in a calendar day. http://www... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 K-12 Education Budget Adjustments H.B. 2003 Caps District Additional Assistance at $5,000,000. Increases Charter Additional Assistance by 1.8%. Repeals the Early Graduation Scholarship Program. Revises the definition of accommodation school and amends language for computing state aid to accommodation sc... More... DE Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Amendment Concerning Charter Schools H.B. 165 Updates the State's charter school law to improve charter school accountability and support. Raises the bar for starting charter schools with a pre-screening process, applicant interviews and additional opportunities to receive and use public input regarding t... More... OR Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Financial Reporting for Charter Schools H.B. 3093 Addresses financial reporting for districts and charter schools. Requires districts to maintain a financial reporting system that details revenue and expenditures for charters in their district. http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb3000.dir/hb3093.en.pd... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Guarantee of Refunding or Refinanced Charter School Bonds H.B. 885 From fiscal note: Allows for refunding or refinanced bonds issued by an open-enrollment charter school to be guaranteed by the Permanent School Fund through the bond guarantee program, up to one-half of the total amount available for the guarantee of charter d... More... IL Passed 05/2013 P-12 Task Force on Charter School Funding H.J.R. 36 Resolves that a Task Force on Charter School Funding be created to examine charter school funding issues. Establishes membership. Directs the task force to issue a report making recommendations on changes to state law with regard to charter school funding by J... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Charter School Facilities H.B. 2048 Makes charter schools eligible for grants from the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund. Adds provision that grants be awarded only to charter schools which have secured matching funds for the specific purpose of acquiring buildings in an amou... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Grantee Charter School Serving as LEA H.B. 1219 - Grantee Charter School Serving as LEA Provides that if a charter school or institute charter school applies for a nonformulaic, competitive grant created through federal or state program, the charter school is the local education agency (LEA) only for purposes of applying and determining grant eli... More... ID Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Distribution of Facility Funds to Public Charter Schools H.B. 206 Amends existing law so that the department of education will distribute facility funds to public charter schools for each enrolled student in which a majority of the student's instruction is received at a facility that is owned or leased by the public charter ... More... NM Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Charter Schools Federal Grant Requirements H.B. 522 From bill analysis: Amends a section ofthe Charter Schools Act to require a locally chartered charter school to verify to its chartering authority that it has met federal grant compliance requirements. http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/13%20Regular/final/HB0522.... More... CO To governor 03/2013 P-12 Institute Charter School Assistance Fund S.B. 143 From fiscal note: Changes the way in which money is transferred to the Institute Charter School Assistance Fund (assistance fund), increases the discretion of the Charter School Institute (CSI) when allocating grant money from the assistance fund, and changes ... More... NM Vetoed 03/2013 P-12 School Leases and Interest Conflict S.B. 333 From bill analysis: Amends the charter schools act to allow the "public school capital outlay council (PSCOC) to approve" a school district's lease of available facilities to charter schools within the same geographical region "at the local market rate". Requi... More... NM Vetoed 03/2013 P-12 Public School Capital Outlay Lease Payments H.B. 273 Allows the public school capital outlay council (PSCOC) to decide whether to increase lease assistance payments by the consumer price index (CPI) or not. Allowing the PSCOC to not use CPI it could hold down increases in facility payments to charter schools. ht... More... Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Admittance of Nonresident Students H.B. 2747 Requires that a district board that is considering a nonresident student only consider admission based on basic information about the student (name, grade, date of birth, contact information, etc.) and information about whether the sending school district is p... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 S.B. 1363 Expands Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) eligibility and funding to include kindergarteners. An Empowerment Scholarship Account provides options for parents to freely choose how and where to educate their children with financial assistance from the state... More... DE Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 School Choice Program H.B. 90 Updates the school choice program, making it easier for parents to navigate the choice process by standardizing application forms and deadlines across traditional and charter schools. Requires all local education agencies to accept a standard application form ... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 06/2013 P-12 Student Transfers H.P. 349 If a student has requested a transfer, and the superintendents decide not to approve it, the superintendents is required to provide a written description of the basis of their determination to the parent. Requires the commissioner to review the superintendents... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 06/2013 P-12 Student Transfer Decisions H.P. 542 An Act To Improve Equity for Economically Disadvantaged Students Seeking To Transfer to an Approved Private School or a Public School. Clarifies that a superintendent's decision to accept a transfer student is binding. Specifies that a transfer approved under ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Public school transfers. H.B. 1381 Requires the governing body of a school corporation that accepts transfer students to establish the number of transfer students the school corporation has the capacity to accept. Requires the governing body to establish a date by which transfer requests must b... More... TN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 District Open Enrollment Policies S.B. 1175 Requires LEAs to develop a policy whereby the LEA provides for an open enrollment period during which parents or guardians may choose from a list of the LEA schools with available space and request a transfer without being required to specify reasons for these... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Choice S.B. 65 Creates the Public School Choice Act of 2013. Determine process for acceptance, rejection of parent applications. Defines the parameters for district participation in or exemption from school choice program. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bi... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Choice H.B. 1294 Preserves the continuity of education for students who attend nonresident schools. Stipulates that if a public school choice request is approved by a nonresident district under a provision of law that is later declared unconstitutional by a court or is repeale... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Emergency Transfers H.B. 1422 The measure allows a student who has been the victim of harassment, intimidation, and bullying to receive an emergency transfer to another school district. The receiving district must verify that the student has been a victim of harassment, intimidation or bul... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Student Transfers S.B. 280 Revises timelines for student transfer applications and notifications of transfer approval/disapproval. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2013-14%20ENR/sb/SB280%20ENR.PDF... More... Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools KS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Accountability Waivers H.B. 2319 Permits up to 10% of districts to opt out of most state laws, rules, and regulations in order to improve student achievement. Designs application and approval process. The first two districts send applications to governor and legislative education committees. ... More... AL Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Innovative School Systems H.B. 84 - Innovative School Systems Establishes the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013. Authorizes innovative schools and school systems to be established in Alabama in accordance with this act. Defines "innovation plan" as a school system's flexibility request and plan for annual accountability... More... Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools AK Adopted 05/2013 P-12 District-Operated Statewide Residential Educational Programs 4 AAC 33.090 Allows for a district to apply during a period of open application for approval to operate a variable-term statewide residential educational program that will house students for the entire school calendar. Requires the minimum term for each student to be at le... More... AK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 District Operated Boarding Schools S.B. 47 Amends existing legislation so that a district can operate a district-wide residential school and receive a boarding stipend as reimbursement for that said school provided that food services and a variable or 180 day school term is in effect. Funding per-pupil... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Equalization Guarantee at School for the Arts S.B. 164 From bill analysis: Amends the New Mexico school for the arts act to allow the use of public funds, but prohibit the use of state equalization guarantee distributions, for outreach activities and student room and board costs. http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/13... More... Choice of Schools--Tax Credits MO SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 07/2013 P-12 Scholarship Tax Credit for Children and Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder S.B. 17 Directs the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a master list of resources available to the parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder and to actively seek financial resources in the form of grants and donations that may be de... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Choice Scholarships eligibility and requirements H.B. 1003 Provides that a taxpayer may carry forward a School Scholarship Income Tax Credit for a taxable year that begins after December 31, 2012. Starting FY 2014, fiscal year cap applied to the tax credit increases from $5 M to $10 M. Specifies eligibility standards ... More... MT Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Provide tax credits for contributions to scholarship organizations S.B. 81 From the Fiscal Note: This bill provides credits against individual income tax or corporate license tax for donations to Student Scholarship Organizations (SSOs), which would give scholarships to students in private schools, and for donations to Education Impr... More... AL Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Tax Credits and Scholarships H.B. 84 - Tax Credits and Scholarships Sections 8- Defines "failing school" and "qualifying school." Defines eligible student as a K-12 student whose household income upon program entry does not exceed 150% of the median household income (student retains eligibility regardless of household income u... More... Choice of Schools--Vouchers NC Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Children with Disabilities Scholarship Grants H.B. 269 Creates special education scholarship grants for children with disabilities and establishes eligibility requirements. Requires the scholarship grant to be no more than $3,000 per semester per student. Services provided in a home school setting or services prov... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 S.B. 1363 Expands Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) eligibility and funding to include kindergarteners. An Empowerment Scholarship Account provides options for parents to freely choose how and where to educate their children with financial assistance from the state... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Empowerment Scholarship Accounts; Fraud Prevention. H.B. 2458 Outlines fraud prevention policies for the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) regarding Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) and makes other ESA changes. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/51leg/1r/laws/0175.pdf... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Choice Scholarships eligibility and requirements H.B. 1003 Provides that a taxpayer may carry forward a School Scholarship Income Tax Credit for a taxable year that begins after December 31, 2012. Starting FY 2014, fiscal year cap applied to the tax credit increases from $5 M to $10 M. Specifies eligibility standards ... More... Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded MT Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Provide tax credits for contributions to scholarship organizations S.B. 81 From the Fiscal Note: This bill provides credits against individual income tax or corporate license tax for donations to Student Scholarship Organizations (SSOs), which would give scholarships to students in private schools, and for donations to Education Impr... More... Civic Education CA Signed into law 09/2013 P-12 Civics A.B. 137 From bill summary: Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to review and revise, as necessary, the course requirements in the history-social science framework to ensure that minimum standards for courses in American government and civics inc... More... IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 Task Force on Civic Education H.B. 2428 Directs the state board to establish the Task Force on Civic Education. Sets forth provisions concerning the members of the task force. Directs the task force to (1) analyze the current state of civic education in this State; (2) analyze current civic educatio... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 Postsec. Voter Registration At Public Higher Ed Institution H.B. 1147 Directs any state institution of higher education using an electronic course registration process to allow each student registering for courses electronically the opportunity to register to vote by being given the option to be electronically directed to the se... More... FL Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Civics End-of-Course Assessment S.B. 1076 - Civics End-of-Course Assessment Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, requires that each student's performance on the statewide, standardized end-of-course assessment in civics education constitute 30% of the student's final course grade. Page 24 of 144: http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bil... More... MT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Revise legislative goals for public schools H.B. 182 Revises legislative goals for public schools. Adds an emphasis on literacy and numeracy, strategic reasoning, and an understanding of political, social, and economic systems of the United States and the world. http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2013/sesslaws/ch0222.pdf... More... MT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 U.S. Flag in Every Classroom S.B. 340 Requires a U.S. flag in every school classroom, beginning the school year starting after July 1, 2014. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/SB0340.pdf... More... UT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 State Capitol Field Trip Funding H.B. 363 Authorizes the state board to award grants to districts and charter schools to pay for transportation costs related to student field trips to the state capitol. Directs the state board to adopt rules establishing procedures for applying for and awarding grants... More... Civic Education--Character Education OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Character Education H.B. 2052 Modifies grades in which character education programs may be offered (any single grade. combination of grades, or prekindergarten). Subject to funding, the state board may award grants to align character education with the state curriculum in reading, mathemat... More... Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards NM Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Summer School Elective Civics Classes H.B. 51 From bill analysis: Allows approved summer civics courses or programs to be offered as an elective course to count toward credits needed to graduate and to earn a New Mexico Diploma of Excellence. http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/13%20Regular/final/HB0051.pdf ... More... Class Size OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Data Collection of Class Size and Licensed Teachers H.B. 2644 Requires public education programs to collect and submit data to the department of education on the number of K-12 students in their classes and the number of licenced or registered teachers assigned to students. Collected data will then be made available to ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Class Size Reduction A.B. 2 Requires the board of trustees of each school district to report to the Department of Education: (1) the average daily attendance of pupils and the ratio of pupils per licensed teacher for grades 1, 2 and 3; or (2) if the school district has an alternative cl... More... Counseling/Guidance TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Continuing Education Requirements for Teachers, Principals, and Counselors H.B. 642 Requires that continuing education requirements for teachers provide that up to 25% of the training required every 5 years include instruction on (1) collecting and analyzing information that will improve classroom effectiveness; (2) recognizing early warning ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Projections of Workforce Needs and Comparisons of Postsecondary Institutions H.B. 1296 Directs the higher education coordinating board (HECB), in conjunction with the Texas Workforce Commission, to collect relevant information and make 5-year projections on Texas workforce needs and the educational attainment and training of persons projected to... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 School Counselors and Licensed Professional Counselors S.B. 715 Amends statutory references to create consistent references to "school counselors" in the Education Code. Provides that a school district may not employ a person as a licensed professional counselor unless the person is licensed by the state agency that licens... More... VT to governor 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to Secondary School Completion S. 130 Provides state-funded dual enrollment, expansion of Early College programs, expansion of work-based learning, virtual/blended learning. Requires personal learning plans for all students by 7th grade. The definitions section should be of particular interest to ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 College and Career Readiness Benchmark H.F. 630 Directs the Commissioner of Education to contract for a series of assessments that are aligned with state academic standards, and include career and college readiness benchmarks. Math, reading, and writing assessments for grade 8 and 10 students must be predic... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 College and Career Coaches Program H.B. 2039 Creates the College and Career Coaches Program. Designates which districts are required to participate. Provides that the departments of education and higher education will jointly administer the program. Details that districts will receive supplementary fundi... More... FL Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. K-20 Education S.B. 1076 - K-12 Career and Education Planning Adds "comprehensive K-20 career and education planning" to the priorities of Florida's K-20 education system, and requires such information to be provided to parents and students via specified means. Pages 7-8 of 144: http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/... More... FL To governor 04/2013 P-12 Certified School Counselors H.B. 801 Requires counselors in elementary, middle, & high schools to be certified school counselors. From final bill analysis: Substitutes "certified school counselor" for the term "guidance counselor" to reflect current law requiring persons employed as school counse... More... Curriculum TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 District Requirements Before Adopting a Major Curriculum Initiative S.B. 1474 Before adopting a major curriculum initiative, including the use of a curriculum management system, requires a district to use a process that includes teacher input, provides district employees the opportunity to express opinions regarding the initiative, and ... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 05/2013 P-12 Agriculture Studies H.P. 460 Authorizes agricultural studies to be taught in and infused or integrated into the curriculum of public and private elementary and secondary schools. Agricultural studies may address, but need not be limited to: A. The importance of agriculture in the State's ... More... Curriculum--Arts Education ME Became law without governor's signature 06/2013 P-12 Course Options for Meeting Arts Graduation Requirements H.R. 138 Requires the Department of Education to amend its rules to provide that high school graduation requirements in the area of visual and performing arts may be met by completion of a credit in dance, music, theater, forensics or visual arts. The department is to ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Arts Education H.B. 1689 Creates a 5-year, 15-school arts curriculum program pilot. Creates grant eligibility and accountability reporting schedule. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bills/HB1689.pdf... More... Curriculum--Computer Science WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Providing Initiatives to Improve and Expand Access to Computer Science Education H.B. 1472 Amends existing law to improve and expand access to computer science education, particularly in advanced courses that could prepare students for careers in the field. Requires boards of directors to approve AP computer science courses as equivalent to high sch... More... Curriculum--Drivers Education NH Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Background Checks H.B. 282 Requires criminal records checks of driver education instructors. Updates references relating to suspending or revoking a school license or driver education certificate. Authorizes background checks on candidates for employment or promotion at the department o... More... Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. CA Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Financial Literacy A.B. 166 From legislative counsel's digest: Requires the state board to integrate financial literacy, including, but not limited to, budgeting and managing credit, student loans, consumer debt, and identity theft security in the social sciences, health, and mathematics... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Social Studies Standards/Financial Literacy S.B. 1449 Requires the academic standards in social studies prescribed by state board of education to include personal finance. Clarifies that state board cannot establish a required separate personal finance course as a graduation requirement. Allows a school board or ... More... ME SIGNED 06/2013 P-12 An Act To Promote the Financial Literacy of High School Students H.P. 594 An Act To Promote the Financial Literacy of High School Students. Amends graduation requirements from 2 years of social studies and history, including American history, government and civics to 2 years of social studies and history, including American history,... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Personal Financial Literacy Courses H.B. 2662 Includes personal financial literacy in the foundation curriculum offered by each district. Requires each district and charter school to offer an elective course in personal financial literacy that meets the requirements for a one-half elective (legislation pr... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Inclusion of "Insurance" in Personal Financial Literacy Training S.B. 1590 Requires that personal financial literacy training offered by public universities and public school districts include information about insurance. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/pdf/SB01590F.pdf#navpanes=0... More... IA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Entrepreneurial E ducation H.F. 533 Defines "Entrepreneurial activities" as starting, maintaining, or expanding a business venture, including a seasonal business venture, or rendering other labor or services in return for compensation. For the purposes of enhancing student learning by encouragin... More... MT Adopted 04/2013 P-12 Financial Literacy H.J.R. 14 Urges the state board to require successful completion of a financial literacy course prior to high school graduation. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/HJ0014.pdf... More... ND Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Elementary Student Entrepreneurship Program H.B. 1229 Modifies the North Dakota elementary student entrepreneurship program. Law requires the state board to adopt policies to create a program of grants to support entrepreneurship education that is coordinated with classroom curriculum, standards, and activities e... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Financial and Economic Literacy Education S.B. 43 Directs the state board to establish a task force to study and make recommendations on improving financial and economic literacy education in the public school system. Requires the task force to study certain issues relating to financial and economic literacy ... More... Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language NC Signed into law 07/2013 Postsec. UNC/Cherokee Language. S.B. 444 Requires the University of North Carolina to recognize the Cherokee language as a language that meets the foreign language course requirement. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S444v3.pdf ... More... IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 State Seal of Biliteracy S.B. 1221 Defines "foreign language" to include modern languages, Latin, American Sign Language, Native American languages. Establishes State Seal of Biliteracy program to recognize public high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in one or mor... More... AR Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 American Sign Language H.B. 1410 Provides public schools with the authority to offer American Sign Language as a credit-bearing modern or foreign language course. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bills/HB1410.pdf... More... Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 CPR training S.B. 1337 Allows school districts and charter schools to provide public school students in grades 7 through 12 with one or more CPR training sessions through the use of psychomotor skills in an age-appropriate manner. Excuses a student from CPR instruction at the reques... More... IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 Health Education and Teen Dating Violence Policies H.B. 3379 Provides that basic first aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide, and teen dating violence may be included in grades 7-1... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 CPR Training A.B. 414 Requires instruction in the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an automated external defibrillator to be included, to the extent money is available for this purpose, within the course of study for health for pupils enrolled in... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation H.B. 897 Requires instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in grades 7-12. Directs state board to remove use of an automated external defibrillator from the essential knowledge and skills of the health curriculum. Permits instruction to be provided by emergency med... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Oral Health Education in Coordinated Health Program H.B. 2483 Includes oral health education as part of the coordinated health program for public elementary, middle, and junior high school students. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/pdf/HB02483F.pdf#navpanes=0... More... GA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 CPR Training S.B. 212 Requires schools to provide training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an automated external defibrillator for students in grades seven through 12 http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137067.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 CPR Training H.B. 2224 Requires students to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation as a condition of high school graduation, beginning in the 2014-2015 academic year. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bills/HB2224.pdf... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 CPR Requirement for High School Graduation H.B. 1556 Amends existing law to include instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation which must be included in at least one health class necessary for graduation. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1556-S.PL.pdf... More... Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling NC Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Back to Basics H.B. 146 Require the state board of education to ensure instruction in cursive writing and memorization of multiplication tables as a part of the basic education program. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H146v3.pdf... More... ID Adopted 03/2013 P-12 Education, Cursive Writing H.C.R. 3 States the findings of the legislature and requests that the state board commence rulemaking to require that cursive handwriting be taught in the state public elementary schools. http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2013/HCR003Bookmark.htm... More... Curriculum--Mathematics NC Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Back to Basics H.B. 146 Require the state board of education to ensure instruction in cursive writing and memorization of multiplication tables as a part of the basic education program. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H146v3.pdf... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Advanced CTE and Applied STEM Courses in Graduation Requirements H.B. 2201 Permits students to fulfill the 3rd and 4th math and science credits for the recommended and advanced high school programs by completing an advanced career and technical course (previously, students coupld substitute only a math course taken after taking Algeb... More... MD Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements S.B. 740 Directs the state board to establish high school curriculum and graduation requirements for all public schools to include: beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, no later than grade 11, all students must be assessed for college readiness in English language... More... Curriculum--Physical Education IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 Exemption from Physical Education S.B. 2157 Authorizes a local board to excuse a student from a physical education course if the student has an individualized educational program, is participating in an adaptive athletic program outside of the school setting, and documents such participation as determin... More... OR Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Collecting K-8 Physical Health Data H.B. 3075 Amends existing law to collect data on physical capacity for physical education and time spent on physical education for grades K-8. http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb3000.dir/hb3075.en.pdf ... More... Curriculum--Science TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Advanced CTE and Applied STEM Courses in Graduation Requirements H.B. 2201 Permits students to fulfill the 3rd and 4th math and science credits for the recommended and advanced high school programs by completing an advanced career and technical course (previously, students coupld substitute only a math course taken after taking Algeb... More... Curriculum--Sex Education NC Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Health Curriculum/Preterm Birth S.B. 132 Adds the instruction on preventable causes of preterm birth, including induced abortion as a cause of preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies to the school health education program on the and requires that charter schools also provide such instruction. http://... More... IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 Abstinence and Contraception in Sex Education H.B. 2675 Requires that any comprehensive sex education course in grades 6-12 include instruction in and that course materials place substantial emphasis on both abstinence and contraception for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HI... More... MT Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Defines Scope/boundaries of Sex Ed K-12 H.B. 239 Prohibits a child from receiving instruction about human sexuality unless that child's parent agrees in writing to allow the child to attend the instruction. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/HB0239.pdf... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Explaining Consequences for Conviction of Sexual Offenses Where the Victim is a Minor in Sexual Education H.B. 1397 Requires the development of educational materials to be made available throughout the state to inform parents, students, school districts, and other interested community members about the laws related to sex offenses, including the legal elements of sexual of... More... Curriculum--Social Studies/History CA Signed into law 09/2013 P-12 Civics A.B. 137 From bill summary: Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to review and revise, as necessary, the course requirements in the history-social science framework to ensure that minimum standards for courses in American government and civics inc... More... CA To governor 09/2013 P-12 Role of Filipinos and Immigrants in Farm Labor Movement A.B. 123 From bill summary: Requires that the state board ensure that the state curriculum and framework, where appropriate, include instruction on the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans, in the farm labor movement. Provides that this requirement not be i... More... CA To governor 09/2013 P-12 History-Social Science Framework A.B. 424 From bill summary: Requires the Instructional Quality Commission, when revising the history-social science framework, to do so based on the subject matter of the course in addition to appropriateness, to consider incorporating the Magna Carta, the Articles of ... More... OR Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Oregon Social Studies S.B. 739 Directs the department of education to prepare materials to support teacher training and classroom instruction in Oregon Studies and consult with: (1) The Oregon Historical Society (2) The Commission on Black Affairs (3) The Commission on Hispanic Affairs (4) ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Commemoration of September 11, 2001 at Public Schools H.B. 1501 To commemorate the events of September 11, 2001, in each year that date falls on a regular school day, requires each public K-12 school to provide for the observance of one minute of silence at the beginning of the first class period of that day. Provides this... More... CA Signed into law 05/2013 Postsec. Sikhism in Postsecondary Instruction A.C.R. 20 Recognizes the need for the inclusion of Sikhism in world religions, Eastern religions, Asian, and South Asian courses at all postsecondary educational institutions, such as University of California, California State University, and California Community Colle... More... MN Adopted 05/2013 P-12 Social Studies Academic Standards MN ADC 3501 et seq. Amends the Kindergarten through grade 12 Social Studies Academic Standards, effective May 13, 2013. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/rules/?id=3501... More... Data-Driven Improvement OR Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Collecting K-8 Physical Health Data H.B. 3075 Amends existing law to collect data on physical capacity for physical education and time spent on physical education for grades K-8. http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb3000.dir/hb3075.en.pdf ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Continuing Education Requirements for Teachers, Principals, and Counselors H.B. 642 Requires that continuing education requirements for teachers provide that up to 25% of the training required every 5 years include instruction on (1) collecting and analyzing information that will improve classroom effectiveness; (2) recognizing early warning ... More... Demographics--Enrollments SD To governor 03/2013 P-12 Exempts Certain Low Enrollment School Districts from Reorganizing Requirement S.B. 96 Amends §13-6-97 to include exempting any school district that is a part of a consortium of school districts exercising joint powers or intergovernmental cooperation in education, provided that any such joint powers agreement or intergovernmental cooperation ag... More... Economic/Workforce Development CA To governor 09/2013 P-12 Postsec. Education and Workforce Investment Systems S.B. 118 From bill summary: Provides that the California Workforce Investment Board ("board") is responsible for assisting the governor in the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century workforce and the promotion of th... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. Marketing for the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program H.P. 926 Requires the department to notify superintendents about the program annually and encourage the superintendents to publicize the availability of the program among students, parents and school staff. Requires the Department of Labor to require that publicly fund... More... WA Signed into law 07/2013 Postsec. Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation H.B. 1866 From fiscal note: Includes the Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation among the recipients of the Economic Strategic Reserve Account. Delays termination of the Center until July 1, 2020 and extends the provisions repealing the Center until July 1, 2... More... CT Signed into law 06/2013 Community College Nondegree Certification and Technical Training Programs Correlated to Workforce Shortages S.B. 868 Directs the The Office of Higher Education, in consultation with the Board of Regents for Higher Education, to develop a list of nondegree certificate programs and technical training courses offered by the regional community-technical colleges that directly co... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program H.B. 3662 Creates the Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program. Provides the purposes of the program are to provide selected districts, and public and private or independent institutions of higher education, with the opportunity to establish innovative programs designed... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. Texas Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant Fund and Grant Program H.B. 437 No longer authorizes grants to nonprofit organizations, or grants to a public junior college or public technical institute for the purpose of providing scholarships under the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) program. Establishes the Texas Innovative Adult C... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. Study re: Authorization of Baccalaurate Programs in Nursing and Applied Sciences S.B. 414 Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct a study of regional workforce needs to determine regions of the state that would benefit from the authorization of baccalaureate degree programs in nursing and in applied sciences at public junio... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Texas Fast Start Program S.B. 441 Directs the Texas Workforce Commission, in partnership with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to establish and administer the Texas Fast Start Program to identify and develop methods to support, and to provide support for, competency-based, rapid-... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Projections of Workforce Needs and Comparisons of Postsecondary Institutions H.B. 1296 Directs the higher education coordinating board (HECB), in conjunction with the Texas Workforce Commission, to collect relevant information and make 5-year projections on Texas workforce needs and the educational attainment and training of persons projected to... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. Texas 2036 Commission H.B. 2036 Creates the Texas 2036 Commission and establishes membership. Directs the commission, with an emphasis on the changing demographics of this state, to assess and identify future higher education and workforce needs in the state and the state's ability to meet t... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Developing a Skilled Workforce H.C.R. 82 Requests the creation of a joint interim committee to study education policy as it relates to developing a skilled workforce. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/pdf/HC00082F.pdf#navpanes=0... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Skills Development Fund Dollars to Support Certain Dual Credit Programs H.B. 3028 Permits the Texas Workforce Commission to use up to 5% of the general revenue appropriated to the skills development fund for that biennium, along with funds available to the commission from other sources, to be awarded to a public junior college, public state... More... DE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes the "Blue Collar" Task Force. S.J.R. 1 The Blue Collar Task Force determines the need for additional state policies or programs to attract and retain "Blue Collar" jobs. Members are named; deadline to report back to the General Assembly is January 23, 2014. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 Postsec. EARN Indiana Program H.B. 1312 Changes the college work study program into the Employment Aid Readiness Network (EARN) Indiana Program. Makes changes to the definition of "eligible employer" to extend eligibility to for-profit companies and allow year-round participation of all eligible ent... More... NV Signed into law 05/2013 Postsec. STEM Council S.B. 345 Charges council with developing a strategic plan for science, technology, engineering, and math to serve as a foundation for workforce development. Requires a survey of education programs to identify recommendations for the wider implementation of such program... More... OR Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Youth Job Development H.B. 2689 Amends existing law to allow a public body to enter into a written cooperative agreement with a youth job development organization for the provision of services by youth participants in connection with a public resource project for the purpose of providing opp... More... OR Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program H.B. 2913 Amends existing law that requires the department and the bureau of labor and industries to jointly establish a committee to set goals for the career and technical education revitalization grant program. Requires the development of grant criteria and make reco... More... TN Signed into law 05/2013 Postsec. Community College Labor Education Alignment Program H.B. 1276 Creates a statewide, comprehensive labor education alignment program, in which technology center and community college students participate in employment training and attain industry-recognized postsecondary credentials. Provides that the Tennessee Higher Educ... More... AL Signed into law 04/2013 Postsec. Industrial Development and Training Institute S.B. 222 From bill summary: Places the Alabama Industrial Development and Training Institute under the supervision and control of the secretary of commerce and the department of commerce. Provides that all employees of the institute are to remain employees of the insti... More... IN Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Community College Creates Regional Indiana Works Council S.B. 465 Establishes an Indiana Works Council (Council) for each region designated by the Governor. Provides that council members are selected, appointed by the Governor. Requires the Education Roundtable to provide staff/administrative support to Councils. Requires ea... More... IN Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes Indiana Career Council H.B. 1002 Establishes the Indiana Career Council to: (1) align the various participants in the state's education, job skills development, and career training system; (2) match the education and skills training provided by the state's education, job skills development, a... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 Postsec. Technology Research Collaborative H.B. 562 From bill analysis: Creates a technology research collaborative (TRC), with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology serving as fiscal agent. Members of the TRC shall include national laboratories, major research institutes, and all postsecondary inst... More... TN Signed into law 04/2013 Postsec. Assessment of Workforce Need H.B. 566 Requires Tennessee Higher Education Commission to produce annual report related to anticipated workforce needs and the estimated number of college degrees, certificates, and other credentials produced to meet said needs. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/108/Bil... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Community College Aligning STEM or Career and Technical Education Programs with Applied Baccalaureate Programs S.B. 5624 Subject to available funding, working with the state board for community and technical colleges to develop high-demand applied baccalaureate programs that align with high quality secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs and career a... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 Postsec. Modifying Job Skills Program Provisions. H.B. 1247 Amends existing law which requires the annual gross business income of five hundred thousand dollars or more to be equal to or greater than the amount of the requested job skills grant. Commitment of financial support from businesses with an annual gross busin... More... WV Issued 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. Workforce Planning Council Exec. Order 3-13 Establishes the West Virginia Workforce Planning Council as the single, independent entity to integrate and coordinate public education, workforce development, and economic development efforts. Details membership, reporting schedule. http://www.governor.wv.gov... More... SD Signed into law 03/2013 Postsec. Determines Job Placement Outcomes for Graduates of Public South Dakota Postsecondary Education Institutions S.B. 4 Requires the Department of Labor and Regulation to work with the Board of Regents to determine the job placement outcomes for those persons completing a degree program at institutions under the control of the Board of Regents. The department is also required t... More... SD Signed into law 03/2013 Postsec. Enhancement of South Dakota's Economic Development and Education S.B. 235 Permits thirty percent of the building South Dakota fund to be transferred to the workforce education fund. The workforce education fund can be used to fund the limited English proficiency adjustment, provide grants for the purposes of providing secondary car... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Postsec. Education Task Force S.B. 169 Creates the Education Task Force. Establishes membership of legislative leaders). Directs the task force to review and make recommendations on public education and higher education issues, including: (1) Long-term education policies to help job creation and ... More... NM Passed 02/2013 Postsec. Workforce Skill and Education Aquisition for Hispanic and American Indians H.M. 41 Requests the secretary of workforce solutions to conduct a study on how to provide assistance to Hispanics and American Indians who seek to gain the skills and education needed to join the workforce. The study, along with its recommendations and findings, is ... More... NM Passed 02/2013 P-12 Postsec. Alignment of Education and Training to Types of Employment H.M. 45 Resolves that the economic development department, the workforce solutions department, the public education department, the bureau of business and economic research at the University of New Mexico, and the arrowhead center at New Mexico State University coordi... More... NJ Vetoed 01/2013 P-12 Postsec. Workforce Development & Education Commission S.B. 2483 Would have created the New Jersey Workforce Development and Education Commission within the state department of labor. Would have charged board with identifying policies that improve the ability of the state's schools and public postsecondary institutions to m... More... Economic/Workforce Development--Value of an Education SD Signed into law 03/2013 Postsec. Determines Job Placement Outcomes for Graduates of Public South Dakota Postsecondary Education Institutions S.B. 4 Requires the Department of Labor and Regulation to work with the Board of Regents to determine the job placement outcomes for those persons completing a degree program at institutions under the control of the Board of Regents. The department is also required t... More... Education Research TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Educational Research Centers and P-20/Workforce Data Repository H.B. 2103 Partially from fiscal note: Amends provisions related to educational research centers. Defines "cooperating agencies" as the Higher Education Coordinating Board ("Board"), the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Directs the ... More... Equity CA Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Sex-Segregated School Programs and Activities A.B. 1266 From legislative counsel's digest: Requires that a student be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his/her gender identity, irrespective of the ... More... Federal ME Issued 09/2013 P-12 Local Education Control and Student Privacy Rights Executive Order 6 Prohibits the state department from adopting any educational standards, curricula or instructional approaches that may be mandated by the federal government. Prohibits the department from applying for any federal grant that requires, as a condition of applicat... More... GA Issued 05/2013 P-12 Relating to State Sovereignty Exec. Order 261 Stipulates that all curriculum and instruction decisions shall be made at the state, not federal, level. Provides that state education standards be posted for public comment for at least 60 days before final adoption. Provides that no student data of a persona... More... ND Adopted 03/2013 P-12 Legislative Management Study of Federal Oversight and Involvement S.C.R. 4012 A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to study state alternatives to the statutory and regulatory requirements placed on North Dakota schools and school districts by the United States Department of Education, determine whether there are ... More... Finance OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Data Collection of Class Size and Licensed Teachers H.B. 2644 Requires public education programs to collect and submit data to the department of education on the number of K-12 students in their classes and the number of licenced or registered teachers assigned to students. Collected data will then be made available to ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Postsec. Education Task Force S.B. 169 Creates the Education Task Force. Establishes membership of legislative leaders). Directs the task force to review and make recommendations on public education and higher education issues, including: (1) Long-term education policies to help job creation and ... More... Finance--Bonds CA To governor 09/2013 P-12 Community College School District and Community College District Bonds A.B. 182 From bill summary: Requires the ratio of total debt service to principal for each bond series to not exceed 4 to one. Requires each bond that allows for the compounding of interest, including, but not limited to, a capital appreciation bond, maturing more than... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Guarantee of Refunding or Refinanced Charter School Bonds H.B. 885 From fiscal note: Allows for refunding or refinanced bonds issued by an open-enrollment charter school to be guaranteed by the Permanent School Fund through the bond guarantee program, up to one-half of the total amount available for the guarantee of charter d... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 District Time Warrants H.B. 2610 From fiscal note: Increases the allowable maturity period for an interest-bearing time warrant issued by a school district from 5 years to 15 years. Allows a school district to issue interest-bearing time warrants to refund previously-issued warrants if the re... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 04/2013 P-12 An Act To Raise the School Construction Bond Cap H.P. 73 Allows the state board to approve projects as long as no project approval will cause 5 debt service costs to exceed the specified maximum limits in subsequent fiscal years. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0073&item=2&snum=126... More... MT Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Revises School Bonding Limits H.B. 301 Increases the debt capacity of school districts by 100 percent. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/HB0301.pdf Veto message: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/AmdHtmH/HB0301GovVeto.pdf... More... ID Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 School District's Ability to Bond for Capital Projects H.B. 218 Addresses school district's ability to bond for capital projects. It clarifies the allowed length and repayment schedule for bonds and places new powers for rule making with the board of trusties. http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2013/H0218.pdf ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2013 Postsec. College District Bonds for Hard and Softward S.B. 39 From bill analysis: Amends the college district tax act to allow college district boards to borrow money for real property improvements and the purchase of grounds exclusive to stadiums and purchase and installation of computer hardware or software with a usef... More... AR Signed into law 02/2013 P-12 District Bonds S.B. 139 Amends how the state helps financially-distressed school districts pay off bonds. Requires the Arkansas Department of Education to withhold funding sufficient to reimburse the state treasury for helping districts avoid bond defaults, if district does not repay... More... Finance--District CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Proceeds from Sale of Surplus Real Property (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Proceeds from Sale of Surplus Real Property From bill summary: Extends to January 2016 provisions (previously scheduled to expire January 2014) authorizing a school district to deposit the proceeds from the sale of surplus real property, together with any personal property located on that property, purc... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Appointed Trustee for Insolvent District (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Appointed Trustee for Insolvent District From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to appoint a trustee with the powers and responsibilities of an administrator when a school district becomes insolvent and requires an emergency apportionment from the state. http://www.leg... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 District Advance of Apportionments (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - District Advance of Apportionments From bill summary: Existing law authorizes a school district to receive an advance of apportionments owed to the school district by the State School Fund in accordance with specified procedures and requirements. This bill specifies that a school district to is... More... NH Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Special Meetings H.B. 269 Authorizes a school district to conduct a special meeting necessitated by changes in adequate education funding. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2013/HB0269.pdf.... More... PA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. Assistance to Districts in Financial Recovery or Financial Watch Status H.B. 1141 - Sec. 2510.3 Budget bill with many provisions. Of note: Adds new section (2510.3) authorizing the state department to provide assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status. Authorizes the department to u... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 K-12 Education Budget Adjustments H.B. 2003 Caps District Additional Assistance at $5,000,000. Increases Charter Additional Assistance by 1.8%. Repeals the Early Graduation Scholarship Program. Revises the definition of accommodation school and amends language for computing state aid to accommodation sc... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Joint Technical Education District Funding H.B. 2499 Requires the average daily membership (ADM) for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students enrolled at a centralized campus that is leased by a Joint Technical Education District (JTED) and that is at least 2.5 hours long to be calculated to be increased from 1.25 to... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Kindergarten S.B. 1447 Provides that a school district or charter school is not eligible to receive basic state aid for pupils that had not reached five years of age before September 1 of the current school year and who repeats kindergarten in the following school year. Allows scho... More... IL Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 District Transfer of Funds H.B. 3 Extends the time period during which a district other than the Chicago school district may transfer moneys from specified funds for any purpose from June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2016. Extends through June 30, 2016 authority for for a district other than the Chica... More... KS Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Amends Kansas Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Act S.B. 171 SB 171 amends the Kansas Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Act. Requires each school district and the Kansas Department of Education (KSDE) to report on their respective websites the budget summary for the current school year, as well as actual expend... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 K-12 Students Holding Certain U.S. Student Visas S.B. 453 From fiscal note: Makes provisions for students who are required to pay tuition to a district or charter school as a condition of a visa. Requires the district or charter to accept as tuition the full unsubsidized per capita cost of providing the student's edu... More... VT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Education Funding Act 60 (H.B. 538) Lowers the excess spending threshold from 125% of the prior year's statewide average per-pupil spending to 123% in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 and then to 121% in fiscal year 2017 and after.  It also limits the amount of money a sending school district pays for... More... IA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Administrative Expenditures HF 454 - Section 273.13 Prohibits an area education agency's or a district's general fund from exceeding five percent of its general fund. http://coolice.legis.iowa.gov/linc/85/external/govbills/HF454.pdf... More... IL Passed 05/2013 P-12 Proposed School Closings in Chicago H.R. 361 Urges the Chicago Public Schools to provide certain information to families affected by proposed school closings and to the General Assembly before final action is taken. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HR/PDF/09800HR0361lv.pdf... More... ME Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Increases Funding to Schools H.P. 459 Phases out a provision that has allowed some school administrative units (SAU's) to raise less than the required local contribution of the total cost of essential programs and services and not have the state share reduced. In any fiscal year in which the sum o... More... ND Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Rapid Enrollment Growth Grants. H.B. 1261 Provides for an appropriation for school district rapid enrollment growth grants. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/63-2013/documents/13-0434-04000.pdf... More... OK Vetoed 05/2013 P-12 Allowable Carryover for General Fund Balances H.B. 1742 Changes the categories and general fund balance carryover allowable percentages. School districts with general funds of between $0 and $5,999,999 not have a fund balance of more than 40 percent of the general fund. Districts with $6 million or more in their ge... More... SC Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 District Property Sales S.J.R. 10 Enables trustees of a school district who do not currently have the authority to do so, to sell or lease school property, real or personal, in the school district at any time they deem it expedient to do so and apply the proceeds of the sale or lease to the sc... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. Pilot Outcome-based Funding S.B. 1293 AN ACT prescribing a simulated pilot program for outcome-based funding of schools. Creates a competitive application process where districts and charter schools would apply on an annual basis by January 1 and the State Board of Education select recipients by M... More... ID Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Staff Allowance and Paying Other Schools for Instructional Services H.B. 275 Allows a district to utilize up to 15% of certain moneys to pay another school district or public charter school for certain services or to defray certain costs and to provide that a district may employ 9.5% fewer positions than funded without a reduction in t... More... KS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Annual District Efficiency Audits H.B. 2349 Requires the Legislative Division of Post Audit to conduct three school district efficiency audits each fiscal year. http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2349_enrolled.pdf... More... MS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School District Financial Procedures and Task Force to Study Teacher Attrition and Retention S.B. 2138 Mandates state board of education to promulgate rules and regulations regarding school financial reports required to be submitted to the superintendent of the local school board. Amends existing law so that a task force to study strategies for solving the curr... More... MT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Technology Acquisition and Depreciation Funding S.B. 199 Revises laws related to technology acquisition and depreciation funding. Clarifies that cloud computing services for technology infrastructure, platform, software, network, storage, security, data, database, test environment, curriculum, or desktop virtualizat... More... ND Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Reimbursement for Boarding Care Costs H.B. 1301 From the fiscal note: Section 1 allows a school district to be reimbursed from state funds the excess education and related costs for students voluntarily placed in licensed child care facilities located within their resident school district. Previously a scho... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Monthly Payment of Wages H.B. 1757 Adds school district employees and technology center school district employees to the list of employees that every employer must pay monthly; authorizes certain school district boards to pay support employees on a monthly basis. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok... More... UT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Financial Transparency in Education S.B. 128 Directs districts and charter schools, when submitting public financial information to the Utah Public Finance Website, classify transactions in accordance with the uniform chart of accounts that districts and charter schools are required to use for budgeting,... More... AR Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 District Consolidation; Sale of Real Property H.B. 1310 Establishes procedures for use, sale of school buildings in consolidated districts. Provides that districts must provide space to publicly-supported postsecondary institutions, not-for-profit organization, local municipality, or county if real property not sol... More... KY Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Enrollment of Nonresident Child of District Employee H.B. 182 Permits SEEK funding to be distributed to a school that enrolls a nonresident pupil who attends a district in which the pupil's parent is employed. Permits all tuition fees required of a nonresident pupil to be waived for such a pupil. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/re... More... NM Signed into law 03/2013 Postsec. College District Bonds for Hard and Softward S.B. 39 From bill analysis: Amends the college district tax act to allow college district boards to borrow money for real property improvements and the purchase of grounds exclusive to stadiums and purchase and installation of computer hardware or software with a usef... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Assignment of District Staff H.B. 2066/S.B. 1172 Permits districts that employ a sufficient number of librarians, guidance counselors, and school-based clerical personnel to meet the staffing requirements prescribed in Standard 2 of the Standards of Quality to assign librarians, guidance counselors, and scho... More... MT Signed into law 02/2013 P-12 Investment of Extracurricular Funds Cash S.B. 32 Allows trustees to receive and expend extracurricular money collected, invest any excess money in the extracurricular fund and for pupil extracurricular functions, credit such funds to a general operating account within the fund to be used to offset expenses ... More... Finance--Facilities CA To governor 09/2013 P-12 Sale of Surplus Real Property A.B. 308 From bill summary: Authorizes the State Allocation Board to establish a program that requires a school district, county office of education, or charter school that sells real property that was purchased with or modernized with, or on which improvements were co... More... OR Signed into law 08/2013 Postsec. Finance Agreements to Purchase or Improve Property S.B. 266 Allows for the Oregon University system to enter into "Finance Agreements" to purchase or improve property. Provides through the agreements another way for the Oregon system to borrow without tapping into the bonds which are capped by the state. Directs that i... More... OR Signed into law 08/2013 Community College Collaborative Borrowing by Community College Districts H.B. 3488 Changes state law to allow for multiple "education service districts" to issue a bond. Allows for multiple service areas to work together to borrow funding and allow them to participate in a joint project. http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb3400.dir/h... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Sale/Lease of District Property to a Charter School (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Sale/Lease of District Property to a Charter School From bill summary: Existing law, which becomes inoperative on June 30, 2013, and is repealed on January 1, 2014, requires a school district governing board seeking to sell or lease real property designed to provide direct instruction or instructional support t... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Proceeds from Sale of Surplus Real Property (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Proceeds from Sale of Surplus Real Property From bill summary: Extends to January 2016 provisions (previously scheduled to expire January 2014) authorizing a school district to deposit the proceeds from the sale of surplus real property, together with any personal property located on that property, purc... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 07/2013 P-12 Legislative Review of State Board Rules Related to Major Capital School Construction Projects H.R. 231 Authorizes the State Board of Education's final adoption of Education Rules for Major Capital School Construction Projects, a provisionally adopted major substantive rule of the State Board of Education that has been submitted to the Legislature only if the fo... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Security for Revenue Bonds for Branch Campus, Center, or Extension Facility H.B. 2474 - Security for Revenue Bonds for Branch Campus, Center, or Extension Facility Authorizes revenue bonds issued by the governing body of a county or school district for the purpose of financing the purchase of land for or the construction of a junior college district branch campus, center, or extension facility to be secured by a trust in... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 School Capital Projects Fund H.B. 1110 Extends the authority for a school corporation to use money in its capital projects fund to pay the costs of insurance and utilities through 2015. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/HE/HE1110.1.pdf... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 School Facilities Finance Work Group H.F. 630 Requires the commissioner of education to convene a working group to develop recommendations for reforming the financing of PreK-12 education facilities to create adequate, equitable, and sustainable financing. Provides membership must include school superint... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Elections to Amend Fiscal Commitments H.B. 2202 Describes when elections must be called and is amended to increase lease term that requries voter approval from 5 to 10 years. Deletes limitation that a school district may not call an overrride election to exceed capital outlay revenue limit. http://www.azl... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School districts; leases H.B. 2202 Allows a common or high school district with bonded indebtedness of no more than 7% or 14%, respectively, of the current year's assessed valuation to call a CORL override election during the period that proceeds from the sale or lease of school property are us... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 04/2013 P-12 An Act To Raise the School Construction Bond Cap H.P. 73 Allows the state board to approve projects as long as no project approval will cause 5 debt service costs to exceed the specified maximum limits in subsequent fiscal years. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0073&item=2&snum=126... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Modifying School District Bidding Requirements for Improvement and Repair Projects H.B. 1633 Amends existing law to allow for the board to make improvements or repairs to the property of the district through a department within the district without following the public bidding process when the total of such improvements or repairs does not exceed the ... More... NM Vetoed 03/2013 P-12 School Leases and Interest Conflict S.B. 333 From bill analysis: Amends the charter schools act to allow the "public school capital outlay council (PSCOC) to approve" a school district's lease of available facilities to charter schools within the same geographical region "at the local market rate". Requi... More... Finance--Funding Formulas OR Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Small School Supplemental Fund H.B. 2501 Creates a "small school supplemental fund" that directs additional funds to small districts (8,500 students or less) and small high schools (350 students or less). Directs each fiscal year, the Department of Education shall transfer the amount of $2.5 million ... More... OR Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Flexible Spending for Regional Education Districts H.B. 3401 Provides regional education districts the opportunity to apply to the state for greater flexibility in the way that they expend funds starting with the 2014-2015 school year. Directs the the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representativ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Community College Apprenticeship Programs (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Apprenticeship Programs From bill summary: Revises the role of the state department of education in apprenticeship programs. Among other things, establishes standards for the provision of state funding and reimbursements for these programs at high schools, unified school districts, r... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Calculating Charter School ADA (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Calculating Charter School ADA From bill summary: Revise certain procedures for the calculation of average daily attendance for the purpose of funding charter schools. Specifically prohibits a charter school pupil from generating more than one day of attendance in a calendar day. http://www... More... IL Passed 07/2013 P-12 Advisory Committee on Education Funding S.R. 431 Creates the Advisory Committee on Education Funding to conduct a thorough review of the existing distribution methods and expenditures of pre-K through grade 12 education funding and make recommendations to implement an education funding system. Directs the Ad... More... OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 School Funding and Appropriation H.B. 2506 Creates a panel to review the state's funding system and provides recommended changes. In addition, it makes minor changes to the state's funding formula. http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb2500.dir/hb2506.en.pdf... More... OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Calculating At-Risk Students for Funding Purposes H.B. 2098 Changes the way that the state counts "at-risk students" for funding purposes and leaves the department of education to determine a new system for counting at-risk/low-income students. http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2098.en.pdf... More... IA Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Fiscal Provisions H.F. 215 - Funding Formula Elements Divisions I and II address fiscal provisions. Provides that the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, is two percent. The categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, is four percent.... More... NH Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Cooperative School Districts with Electric Generation Facilities H.B. 305 Establishes a committee to study the apportionment formula for cooperative school districts for towns with electric generation facilities. Sets membership for the committee. Requires the committee to study tax obligations and state aid for towns and districts ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Task Force on K–12 Public Education Funding S.B. 500 Creates The Task Force on K–12 Public Education Funding. Charges task force with conducting a review of the report entitled "Study of a New Method of Funding for Public Schools in Nevada;" survey the weighted pupil public education funding formulas which are u... More... OR Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Impact of Poverty on Education H.B. 2665 The department of education requires an evaluation of the means by which the impact of poverty on educational attainment is addressed by state law. Study requires the distribution of state school funds, standards for equivalency in opportunities to learn acro... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 K-12 Students Holding Certain U.S. Student Visas S.B. 453 From fiscal note: Makes provisions for students who are required to pay tuition to a district or charter school as a condition of a visa. Requires the district or charter to accept as tuition the full unsubsidized per capita cost of providing the student's edu... More... VT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Education Funding Act 60 (H.B. 538) Lowers the excess spending threshold from 125% of the prior year's statewide average per-pupil spending to 123% in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 and then to 121% in fiscal year 2017 and after.  It also limits the amount of money a sending school district pays for... More... VT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Tax Increment Financing S.B. 37 This bill proposes to create an additional tax increment financing district to be used for education tax increment financing. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2014/Acts/ACT080.pdf... More... GA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Education Finance H.B. 283 Alters the funding weights and student-teacher ratio requirements for state-authorized instructional programs. Sets student-school counselor ratio at 450 to 1. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137066.pdf... More... IL Passed 05/2013 P-12 Advisory Committee on Education Funding S.J.R. 32 Creates the General Assembly's Advisory Committee on Education Funding to conduct a thorough review of the existing distribution methods and expenditures of education funding pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Directs the committee to make recommendations to i... More... NE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Changes to Elements of Funding Formula L.B. 407 - Fiscal Sections Makes multiple changes to the state's school funding formula, the most significant of which is that beginning in FY2013-14, general fund operating expenditures will include tuition paid and transportation fees paid to other districts. This change will cost the... More... [Replication or Save Conflict] [Replication or Save Conflict] [Replication or Save Conflict] [Replication or Save Conflict] [Replication or Save Conflict] NE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Funding Formula Changes L.B. 410 Among other amendments, this bill (Section 5) eliminates provisions requiring the state department to reimburse option school districts for transportation expenses paid to parents of option students. School districts are still responsible to reimburse the pare... More... WV Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Relating to the school aid formula H.B. 2727 Amends school aid formula related to transportation. Restricts ten percent additional allowance for school buses using compressed natural gas. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2727%20SUB.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=2727... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Mid-year School Finance Adjustments S.B. 108 Provides for K-12 state education funding to be held harmless from budget reductions. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2013a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/EA751916940288F087257AEF007F6F54?Open&file=108_enr.pdf... More... FL Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Florida Virtual School Funding S.B. 1076 - Florida Virtual School Funding Earlier provision required adjustment of Florida Virtual School Funding after a student completed an end-of-course assessment (regardless of whether student passed assessment or required for high school graduation). Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, report... More... ID Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Amendments to Differential Pay, Technology Pilot and Social Security Benefits S.B. 1199 Makes adjustments to differential pay so that moneys for the differential pay program will be distributed to school districts requesting grant funds for local excellence in achievement awards. Funding will be made available to public schools and public charter... More... MT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Revises Public Education Funding S.B. 175 Generally revises public education funding. revises K-12 funding and the funding formula. Creates a new funding component, the Data-For-Achievement payment. The school districts' "BASE budget" and "maximum general fund budget" are modified to include 100% of t... More... ND Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Transition Payments for Isolated School Districts S.B. 2214 Extends the hold harmless provision for districts that no longer qualify for funding for isolated schools by an additional year. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/63-2013/documents/13-0552-04000.pdf?20130419121258... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Home School Student Program Units S.B. 302 Allows for home schooled students to take one or more classes at public schools and for home schooled students to generate program units. Payment of the program units for home schooled students will be paid to the school district in which they are generated. E... More... ID Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 97% Funding Protection for Declining Enrollment H.B. 225 Ensures that districts will not see a decrease in state funding each year of greater than 3%. There was an omission in the original bill HB 603 (2012) - the bill only had a "hold harmless" provision in effect for FY 2012. This bill makes sure that the hold har... More... ID Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Alternative Secondary School Funding Formulas H.B. 226 Amends current law for any alternative secondary school to have their full-term average daily attendance used to calculate support units for each cohort of students that meets the minimum instructional hours that are required. Support units so calculated shall... More... Finance--Lotteries NE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Funding for Education from Lottery Funds L.B. 497 Reallocates lottery proceeds beginning in FY2016-17. Pursuant to current law, 24.75% of lottery proceeds are transferred to the Nebraska Opportunity Grant Fund and 19.75% are deposited in the Education Innovation Fund. The bill eliminates the transfer of lotte... More... Finance--Performance Funding AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Improvement S.B. 1100 Amends school reporting to include student academic performance and growth on state-mandated assessments, as well as graduation rates for secondary schools. Repeals current school rating system. Provides performance funds based on a per pupil rate for district... More... MT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Revises Public Education Funding S.B. 175 Generally revises public education funding. revises K-12 funding and the funding formula. Creates a new funding component, the Data-For-Achievement payment. The school districts' "BASE budget" and "maximum general fund budget" are modified to include 100% of t... More... Finance--Resource Efficiency AK Passed 05/2013 P-12 Task Force on Sustainable Education H.R. 8 Task Force on Sustainable Education is established for the purpose of examining the efficiency and effectiveness of public education delivery in the state, including the ability of the state's public schools to prepare students for various rewarding careers ... More... KS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Annual District Efficiency Audits H.B. 2349 Requires the Legislative Division of Post Audit to conduct three school district efficiency audits each fiscal year. http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2349_enrolled.pdf... More... Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures OR Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Flexible Spending for Regional Education Districts H.B. 3401 Provides regional education districts the opportunity to apply to the state for greater flexibility in the way that they expend funds starting with the 2014-2015 school year. Directs the the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representativ... More... IL Passed 07/2013 P-12 Advisory Committee on Education Funding S.R. 431 Creates the Advisory Committee on Education Funding to conduct a thorough review of the existing distribution methods and expenditures of pre-K through grade 12 education funding and make recommendations to implement an education funding system. Directs the Ad... More... IL Passed 05/2013 P-12 Advisory Committee on Education Funding S.J.R. 32 Creates the General Assembly's Advisory Committee on Education Funding to conduct a thorough review of the existing distribution methods and expenditures of education funding pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Directs the committee to make recommendations to i... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Mid-year School Finance Adjustments S.B. 108 Provides for K-12 state education funding to be held harmless from budget reductions. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2013a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/EA751916940288F087257AEF007F6F54?Open&file=108_enr.pdf... More... ID Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Math, Science, Technology, and Dual Credit Provisions H.B. 65 Provides funding for dual credit courses for early completers and additional math and science courses. Also adjusts the district's salary-based apportionment to 1.67% and allows for the expedenture or distribution of moneys from the educational support program... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School District Solvency Flexibility H.B. 462, S.B. 464 From bill analysis: Amends the public school code to extend through school year 2013-2014 and school year 2014-2015 a temporary provision that allows the secretary of public education to waive requirements relating to individual class and teaching load, length... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Public Employee Retirement Changes S.B. 27 & S.B. 115 Makes changes to the state's teacher pension program designed to reduce costs over time, changes include: • allowing municipal affiliated public employers to enter into a collective bargaining agreement through which the employer would pay an additional porti... More... ID Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Reallocation of Transportation Funds to Discretionary Funds S.B. 1093 Moves funds away from transportation to a districts discretionary fund which allows districts to spend $7.5 million on any budget item of their liking. http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2013/S1093.pdf ... More... Finance--Student Fees AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Convenience Fees; Replaces GED References H.B. 2071 Allows the department of education to impose a convenience fee on a per transaction basis for credit card, debit card or other means of electronic payment transactions when collecting other authorized fees; specifies that the department must continue to accept... More... UT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Expanding Access for Sixth Graders to Secondary Education H.B. 345 From bill summary: Defines secondary school as school serving any grades 7-12. Provides that a secondary school may impose a fee to secondary students, including students in grade 6 attending a secondary school. Provides that certain remediation programs apply... More... Finance--Taxes/Revenues ME SIGNED 07/2013 P-12 Property Tax Component of Funding Formula S.P. 51 Requires the property fiscal capacity component of the school funding formula to be based on a 2-year average of the property values of a municipality included in a school administrative unit (SAU) in fiscal year 2014-15 and a 3-year average in fiscal year 201... More... VT Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Property Tax Rates and Base Education Amount H.B. 265 Act No. 52 (H.265) relates to the education property tax rates and base education amount for fiscal year 2014. Sec. 1 sets the base homestead education property tax rate at $0.94 and the base nonresidential education property tax rate at $1.44 for fiscal year ... More... CO to governor 03/2013 P-12 Cap 2012-13 School Land Revenues Transfers S.B. 112 Joint Budget Committee. The bill caps the 2012-13 state fiscal year transfer of interest and income earned on the investment of moneys in the public school fund to the state public school fund at $20 million and ensures that, for the 2012-13 state fiscal year,... More... Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Education Contribution on Tax Returns S.B. 141 Amends the Individual Income Tax Contribution Act to provide an individual income tax contribution for education. Creates the Invest More for Education Account within the Uniform School Fund. Permits an individual to designate a contribution to the account on ... More... Governance TN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 District Flexibility S.B. 592 Allows districts identified as high-performing to seek state waivers of certain accountability measures, to explore alternative teacher evaluation systems, and add educational days to the school calendar. Provides that high-performing districts will be identif... More... NM Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Public Education Commission as Independent H.B. 392 From bill analysis: Proposed amending sections of the public education department act, and the charter schools act to establish the public education commission (PEC) as a separate, independent entity from the public education department (PED). Removes the PEC'... More... WV Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Faculty Senates S.B. 359 Establishes faculty senates at each public school comprised of all permanent, full-time educators. Requires principal to convene first meeting and initiate voting for chair, vice chair and secretary of the faculty senate. Empowers the faculty senate to control... More... Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule ME Became law without governor's signature 07/2013 P-12 Unfunded Education Mandates S.R. 322 This resolve directs the Commissioner of Education to establish a task force to review the effect of any federal or state unfunded education mandates on school administrative units and career and technical regions in the State and to evaluate the efficacy of c... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 School District Empowerment Program. H.B. 2131 Establishes the School District Empowerment Program. Allows districts to apply for an exemption from all statutory requirements and State Board of Education rules from which charter schools are exempt. Requires the state board to approve/disapprove within 90 ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 District Flexibility S.B. 592 Allows districts identified as high-performing to seek state waivers of certain accountability measures, to explore alternative teacher evaluation systems, and add educational days to the school calendar. Provides that high-performing districts will be identif... More... KS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Accountability Waivers H.B. 2319 Permits up to 10% of districts to opt out of most state laws, rules, and regulations in order to improve student achievement. Designs application and approval process. The first two districts send applications to governor and legislative education committees. ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School District Solvency Flexibility H.B. 462, S.B. 464 From bill analysis: Amends the public school code to extend through school year 2013-2014 and school year 2014-2015 a temporary provision that allows the secretary of public education to waive requirements relating to individual class and teaching load, length... More... Governance--Regional Entities IA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Administrative Expenditures HF 454 - Section 273.13 Prohibits an area education agency's or a district's general fund from exceeding five percent of its general fund. http://coolice.legis.iowa.gov/linc/85/external/govbills/HF454.pdf... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Regional Centers of Excellence H.F. 630 Allows for regional centers of excellence, which will help school districts and charter schools implement research-based interventions and practices to increase student achievement. Provides that centers must develop partnerships with local and regional servi... More... AK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Election of an Advisory School Board H.B. 104 Amends existing law so that the lieutenant governor may provide for the election of an advisory school board established under AS 14.08.115. An election conducted under this subsection shall be held on the first Tuesday in October. The lieutenant governor may ... More... CO To governor 03/2013 P-12 Designate BOCES As Local Education Agencies S.B. 2 Allows a board of cooperative services (BOCES) to act as a local education agency for one or more members that apply for, receive, or administer a federal or state grant (with the exception of federal formula grant monies, unless allowed by ESEA. Authorizes a ... More... CO To governor 03/2013 P-12 Electronic Participation in Local Board Meetings S.B. 15 Allows a district board of education or board of cooperative services (BOCES) to adopt a policy authorizing members to participate electronically in board meetings. But a member who is participating electronically cannot participate in an executive session of ... More... Governance--School Boards OK Signed into law 09/2013 P-12 Restrictions on Attorneys Involved in Due Process Hearings H.B. 1010 Prohibits an attorney, representative, or other designee of the school district who has represented or represents a school district or the administration of a school district at a hearing held for the purpose of affording due process rights and requirements f... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 District Judge Authority to Remove Board Member from Office S.B. 122 Authorizes a district judge to remove from office a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/pdf/SB00122F.pdf#navpanes=0... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 District Trustee Member Access to Records H.B. 628 Authorizes a district board of trustees member to obtain district information, documents, and records without submitting a public information request. Permits the district to withhold or redact information, a document, or a record requested is exempted from di... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Unified School District Governing Boards H.B. 2427 Stipulates that unified school district governing boards are constituted and permitted to conduct meetings for the purpose of necessary unified district operations after the adoption of unification resolutions; allows a unified school district governing board ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 School Boards H.B. 115 Clarifies laws governing suspension or removal of local school board members when school districts are threatened with losing their accreditation. Revises provisions and removes contradictory language. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136250.pdf... More... AK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Election of an Advisory School Board H.B. 104 Amends existing law so that the lieutenant governor may provide for the election of an advisory school board established under AS 14.08.115. An election conducted under this subsection shall be held on the first Tuesday in October. The lieutenant governor may ... More... MT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Recount Boards for School Elections H.B. 457 Provides for school district recount boards for school elections. Requires the school recount board to consist of three members of the board of trustees of the school district for which the school election took place. Provides other parameters. http://data.opi... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School District Campaign Reporting Act H.B. 232 Amends existing law regarding limitations on school board election campaigns. Reduces the amount of anonymous contributions downs to $100, and adds additional language that addresses complaints and investigations, late filing penalties, civil penalties, and c... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Training for New Board Members S.B. 91 Establishes instructional requirements for new board member. Clarifies that the 12 hours of training include: school finance, Oklahoma education laws,; legal issues, which include but are not limited to employment, due process, new laws, and the Oklahoma Open ... More... TN Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 District Hiring S.B. 663 Regulates the hiring and promotion of relatives of local board of education (local board) members who are employed with the local education agency (LEA) managed and controlled by the local board. Prohibits a director of school from hiring a relative of the dir... More... CO To governor 03/2013 P-12 Electronic Participation in Local Board Meetings S.B. 15 Allows a district board of education or board of cooperative services (BOCES) to adopt a policy authorizing members to participate electronically in board meetings. But a member who is participating electronically cannot participate in an executive session of ... More... MS Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Special Election for Districts Under a Conservator to Fill an Empty School Board H.B. 975 Amends Mississippi Code of 1972 sections 37-17-13, 37-5-19, and 37-7-207 for a special school board election. In the event the statute provides that vacancies in the membership of the school board be filled by appointment by the remaining members of a school b... More... MS Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Special Election to Fill School Board Positions for School Districts Under Conservatorship S.B. 2779 Amends Mississippi Code of 1972 so that in the event the statute provides that vacancies in an all-elected membership of the school board will be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the school board and no members of the school board remain in of... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Local School Board Salaries H.B. 1735 Provides that salary increases for local school boards representing a city or town are not operable until members are re-appointed or reelected. Specifies dates when salary increases take effect. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1735ER+pd... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Local Boards; releases from state regulation H.B. 2098/S.B. 1189 Requires any school board that has requested a release from certain state regulations to provide a description of how the release from the state regulation is designed to increase the quality of instruction and improve the achievement of students in the affect... More... GA Issued 02/2013 P-12 Suspending Local School Board Members Exec. Order 2/25/13, No. 1 Suspends six members of the Dekalb County School Board. Creates a school board nominating committee. Charges committee with nominating persons to replace the suspended school board members. http://gov.georgia.gov/sites/gov.georgia.gov/files/related_files/docu... More... NE Signed into law 02/2013 P-12 Class V District School Boards L.B. 125 Reduces the number of members of a Class V (Omaha) school board from twelve to nine members pursuant to the election of members in May 2013. The term of office of each member serving on the effective date of this act expires on the fourth Monday after such ele... More... Governance--School Boards--Training VT Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Multiple Components - Board Chair and Superintendent Training H.B. 521 One of multiple components. Requires annual joint training for a superintendent and the board chairs within the supervisory union. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2014/Acts/Act056.PDF... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Training for New Board Members S.B. 91 Establishes instructional requirements for new board member. Clarifies that the 12 hours of training include: school finance, Oklahoma education laws,; legal issues, which include but are not limited to employment, due process, new laws, and the Oklahoma Open ... More... Governance--Site-Based Management WV Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. Teacher Scholarships/Loans S.B. 359 Creates a scholarship and student loan fund for aspiring educators. Sets initial eligibility and retention criteria. Provides student loan assistance for in-service teacher up to $2,000 per year, not to exceed $15,000 in total. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bil... More... Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies DE Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Duties of the State Board of Education S.B. 103 Transfers authority for Perkins funds (career/technical education) from the department of labor to the department of education. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+103?Opendocument... More... IL Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. Employment of Persons with Disabilities in State Boards and Institutions H.B. 2591 Creates the Illinois Employment First Act. Provides that "state agency" includes all boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, and bodies politic and corporate of the state, created by or in accordance with the Illinois Constitution or statute,... More... OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Establishing Youth Development Division for At-Risk Prevention and Intervention H.B. 3231 Establishes the Youth Development Division in the department of education to ensure services provided to children through 20 years of age support educational success, focus on crime prevention, and reduce high risk behaviors. Places control of the youth develo... More... OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Establishing the Early Learning Division H.B. 3234 (Section 1) Establishes the Early Learning Division in the department of education. Places the division under the direction of the Early Learning Council and the responsibilities of the Early Learning Council are transferred to the Early Learning Division. Directs unexpe... More... OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. P-20 Collaboration Services H.B. 3232 (Section 1) Requires that the Oregon Education Investment Board design and implement programs that make strategic investments to: (1) Promote collaboration and alignment among early childhood service providers, school districts, community colleges, public universities an... More... OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 State Board of Education Membership Adjustment H.B. 3234 (Section 2) Amends existing law to place one member of the Oregon Education Investment Board onto the state board of education and reduces the amount of at-large members selected by the governor to the state board to one. Directs the amended change to go into effect on Ma... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 State Superintendent S.B. 467 Revises the qualifications for the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to remove the requirements that the Superintendent hold a master's degree in the field of education or school administration and have at least three years of school superviso... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Continues Board of Directors, Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind S.B. 1100 Continues the Board of Directors (Board) of the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind (ASDB) for 10 years. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/51leg/1r/laws/0195.pdf... More... IA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Term for Student Board Member, State Board HF 454 - Student Board Member Amends term for non-voting students appointed by the governor to the state board. If in grade 11, term is one year. For students in grade ten, two years. http://coolice.legis.iowa.gov/linc/85/external/govbills/HF454.pdf... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 ELL Task Force Replacement H.B. 2425 Repeals the Arizona English Language Learners Task Force (ELL Task Force). Transfers its authority, powers, duties and responsibilities to the State Board of Education (SBE). http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/51leg/1r/laws/0020.pdf... More... MT Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Processes for Changes to Any Accreditation Standard S.B. 302 SB 302 requires the Board of Public Education (BPE), prior to adoption or amendment of any accreditation standard, to submit proposals to the Education and Local Government Interim Committee (ELG). During periods that the legislature is not in regular session,... More... ND Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 District Reorganization H.B. 1146 Amends provisions related to per diem payments for the state board of public school education. Amends details of school district annexation, reorganization, and dissolution proceedings. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/63-2013/documents/13-0404-02000.pdf?20130... More... DC Transmitted to Congress 03/2013 P-12 State Board Personnel Authority L.B. 774 Grants the State Board of Education personnel authority and the authority to appoint up to 3 employee and make it responsible for administrating its budget. Amends the Ombudsman for Public Education Establishment Act of 2007 to provide that the Ombudsman for P... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Vice-Chairs on State Board of Education H.B. 201 Authorizes the state board to elect up to three-vice chairs (currently one vice-chair) annually. http://le.utah.gov/~2013/bills/hbillenr/HB0201.pdf... More... WY Signed into law 01/2013 P-12 Education-state administration. S.F. 104 Establishes the position of director of the department of education by statute. Enumerates director's duties. Transfers duties from the state superintendent, an elected position, to the director of the state department of education, a position appointed by the... More... Health OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Student Vision Health. H.B. 3000 Amends definitions and requires the department of education to submit to the interim legislative committees on education by December 1, 2013 a report that recommends the means for providing adequate resources for administering regular vision screenings in the ... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Emergency epinephrine administration S.B. 1421 Requires school district governing boards to prescribe and enforce policies and procedures for the emergency administration of auto-injectable epinephrine by a trained school district employee. Allows a school district or charter school employee who is properl... More... CT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Childhood Obesity Taskforce and Exercise Requirements H.B. 6525 Establishes a Task Force on Childhood Obesity to study the effects of obesity on children's health. Determines membership and responsibilities of the Task Force. Requires each local and regional board of education, by October 1, 2013, to adopt policies it dee... More... IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 Information on Streptococcal Infection H.B. 2009 Directs the department of public health, in conjunction with the state board of education, to develop educational material on streptococcal infection for distribution in elementary and secondary schools. Requires the material to include a process for notifying... More... IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 Training Video on CPR and Automated External Defibrillators H.B. 1225 Requires the Illinois High School Association to post a training video on hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators on the association's website, but only if it is provided to the association free of charge and is no more t... More... IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 Meningococcal Immunization Before Grades 6 and 12 H.B. 3190 Directs the department of public health to adopt a rule requiring students, upon entering grade 6 or 12 of any public, private, or parochial school, to receive a meningococcal immunization that meets specified standards. Provides this immunization must not app... More... ME Vetoed 06/2013 Postsec. Community College No Smoking on Campus H.P. 318 Prohibits smoking on the grounds of any campus of the University of Maine System, the Maine Community College System or the Maine Maritime Academy. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0318&item=1&snum=126... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 06/2013 P-12 Increasing Awareness of Food Allergies in Schools H.P. 465 Requires the Department of Education to seek to increase awareness of the seriousness of student food allergies, the resources that are available to help schools identify, address and respond to food allergies, including training for teachers, best practices a... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Health of Student Athletes S.B. 1912 Codifies existing State Board of Education regulations that require that prior to the participation of any student enrolled in grades six to 12 on a school-sponsored interscholastic or intramural athletic team or squad, the student must have a physical examina... More... OR Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Student Epinephrine Pens H.B. 2749 Requires the establishment of a process by which the parent or guardian of a student may request in writing that backup prescribed autoinjectable epinephrine be kept at a reasonably secure location in a student's classroom if the location is not the student's ... More... OR Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Severe Allergy Protocol S.B. 611 Lays out the protocol for epinephrine administration and in addressing food allergies. http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/sb0600.dir/sb0611.en.pdf ... More... RI Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 CPR and Defibrillator UseTraining for Students H.B. 5376, S.B. 318 Provides minimum guidelines for CPR training and requires an overview of automated external defibrillator (AED) use. At a minimum, training is to include psychomotor skill-based cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and an overview of automated externa... More... SC Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Use of Epinephrine H.B. 3725 Permits school districts and private schools to obtain supplies of epinephrine auto-injector to use in certain circumstances. Authorizes certain people to prescribe and dispense prescriptions for injectors. Stipulates administration, guidelines for epinephrine... More... SC Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Concussions H.B. 3061 Requires the state department of education to develop, distribute model policies concerning nature, risk of concussions sustained by student athletes. Directs each school district to develop its own policy, to require review of policy by student athletes and t... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Local School Health Advisory Councils H.B. 1018 Amends the duties of local school health advisory councils to include, if feasible, joint use agreements or strategies for collaboration between the district and community organizations or agencies. Requires any such joint use agreement to address liability fo... More... TX Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Screening for Spinal Curvature S.B. 504 Makes screening of students in grades 6-9 for spinal curvature voluntary (previously mandatory). Requires a school that chooses not to participate in the spinal screening program to provide parents of 6th to 9th graders with information developed by the depart... More... VT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Life-Threatening Allergies, Mental Health S. 4, Section 4, 5 Requires multiple agencies departments to work to (1) catalogue the type and scope of mental health and substance abuse services provided in or through collaboration with Vermont public schools; (2) determine the number of students who are currently receiving... More... VT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Concussions S. 4, Sections 1-4 Defines "Collision sport" as football, hockey, lacrosse, or wrestling and "Contact sport" as a sport, other than football, hockey, lacrosse, or wrestling, defined as a contact sport by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Defines "Health care provider" as an at... More... GA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 School Allowable Drugs H.B. 337 Enables local public and private schools to stock a supply of auto-injectable epinephrine. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137090.pdf... More... IL Passed 05/2013 P-12 Physical Fitness H.J.R. 5 Encourage educators and school administrators to suggest some topics, but not limited to the following for discussion during fitness awareness week: nutrition and dietary behavior, physical activity protocols, tobacco-use prevention, alcohol or drug use preven... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Epinephrine Auto-Injectors H.F. 630 Permits districts and school to obtain and possess epinephrine auto-injectors. Pages 87-88 of 214. http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS88/HF0630.4.pdf... More... MT Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Concussion Protection S.B. 112 SB 112 requires each school district in the state offering organized youth athletic activities to adopt policies and procedures to inform athletic trainers, coaches, officials, youth athletes, and parents or guardians of the nature and risk of brain injuries, ... More... NH Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Preventing Head Injury and Concussion H.B. 180 Amends the definitions of "student athlete" and "student sports" for purposes of management of head injury and concussion. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2013/HB0180.pdf... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Epinephrine Pens at Schools H.B. 2101 Requries any school board that elects to stock Epinephrine injectors to amend its policy that permits the self-administration of inhaled asthma medication by a student for treatment of asthma and the self-administration of anaphylaxis medication by a student f... More... WA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Placing Epinephrine Autoinjectors in Schools S.B. 5104 Allows for school districts and nonpublic schools to maintain at a school in a designated location a supply of epinephrine autoinjectors based on the number of students enrolled in the school. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bills/Session... More... WV Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Concussions S.B. 336 Establishes protocols, protections to limit and treat injury to youth athletes and students. Defines rules for concussion identification, treatment. forth certain minimum provisions of rules. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB33... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Treatment of Diabetic students H.B. 2042 AN ACT amending section 15-344.01, Arizona Revised Statutes. Allows voluntary diabetes care assistants to administer insulin in addition to glucagon, assist the pupil with self-administration of insulin in an emergency situation or perform any combination of ... More... MT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Maintenance of a Stock of Epinephrine S.B. 165 Authorizes schools to maintain a stock supply of epinephrine in a school setting. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/SB0165.pdf... More... ND Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Amends Concussion Management Program H.B. 1028 Amends concussion management program requirements. Explicitly states that the duty to remove a student under the conditions set forth in this subsection extends to: (1) Each official; (2) The coach of a student; and (3) Any other individual designated by the s... More... TN Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Concussion Training S.B. 882 Requires school to adopt guidelines, other pertinent information as approved by the Department of Health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Establishing Statewide Indicators of Educational Health S.B. 5491 Establishes statewide indicators of educational system health and requires the state board, with assistance from the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the workforce training and education coordinating board, the educational opportunity gap ov... More... WV Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Use of Epinephrine H.B. 2729 Allows schools to voluntarily maintain and use epinephrine auto-injectors. Provides for the administration of an auto-injector by a school nurse or other trained and authorized nonmedical school personnel for emergency care or treatment of anaphylactic reactio... More... KY Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Emergency Anaphylaxis Medications in Schools H.B. 172 Permits students with life-threatening allergies to have access to an epinephrine auto-injector in school, as well as a written individual health care plan for the prevention and proactive management for all school environments the student may be in, including... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Cytomegalovirus Public Health Initiative H.B. 81 Directs the department of health to establish a public education program regarding the impacts and dangers of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and the methods of prevention of CMV infection. Includes school nurses, persons offering health education i... More... Health--Child Abuse IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 Child Abuse Reporting by School Personnel H.B. 2245 Provides that within one year of initial employment and at least every 5 years thereafter, school personnel required by statute to report child abuse must complete mandated reporter training by a provider or agency with expertise in recognizing and reporting c... More... IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 Health Education and Teen Dating Violence Policies H.B. 3379 Provides that basic first aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide, and teen dating violence may be included in grades 7-1... More... OR Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Private School Disciplinary Procedures S.B. 821 Outlines how school employees may be disciplined or terminated and procedures that can be taken regarding suspected child abuse or sexual conduct. http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/sb0800.dir/sb0821.en.pdf... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse S.B. 939 Requires provisions on reporting child abuse to extend to charter schools, and to include reports of child neglect. Clarifies that the TEA policy require districts and charter schools to require each employee to report child abuse or neglect in the manner requ... More... AL Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Postsec. Reports of Child Abuse or Neglect H.B. 301 Adds public and private K-12 employees and employees of public and private postsecondary institutions required to report known or suspected child abuse or neglect (previously school teachers and officials were the only education employees required to report). ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Training for School Employees in the Prevention of Sexual Abuse S.B. 5563 Revises and expands upon existing law to help teachers recognize commercial sexual abuse and exploitation of a minor. Expands upon list of groups that will need to update existing materials that inform parents on how to prevent a child from being sex trafficke... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Child abuse investigations H.B. 2193 Expands the class of individuals whom a local department of social services must report to a local school board upon determination that a complaint alleging that such individual has committed child abuse or neglect is a founded complaint from any full-time, pa... More... Health--Mental Health CT Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. Social/Emotional Development Training in Teacher Preparation H.B. 6292 Requires any candidate entering a program of teacher preparation to complete training in social and emotional development and learning of children. The training must include instruction concerning a comprehensive, coordinated social and emotional assessment an... More... OR Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Consent for Mental Health Screenings H.B. 3474 Requires that when a school district conducts a mental health screening of all of the students in one or more classrooms or all of the students in one or more grades, the school district must allow the student or the parents or legal guardians of the student t... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Continuing Education Requirements for Teachers, Principals, and Counselors H.B. 642 Requires that continuing education requirements for teachers provide that up to 25% of the training required every 5 years include instruction on (1) collecting and analyzing information that will improve classroom effectiveness; (2) recognizing early warning ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Students with Mental or Emotional Disorders S.B. 460 Requires that minimum academic qualifications for a teaching certificate require that a person receive instruction in detection of students with mental or emotional disorders. Requires that instruction be developed by experts in the diagnosis and treatment of ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Prevention S.B. 831 Previous legislation required the department of state health services, in coordination with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), to provide and annually update a list of recommended best practice-based early mental health intervention and suicide prevention progr... More... VT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Life-Threatening Allergies, Mental Health S. 4, Section 4, 5 Requires multiple agencies departments to work to (1) catalogue the type and scope of mental health and substance abuse services provided in or through collaboration with Vermont public schools; (2) determine the number of students who are currently receiving... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Safe Schools Levy H.F. 630 Increases the number of allowable uses for Safe Schools fund. New uses include paying for facility security enhancements; colocation, collaboration with mental health professionals; and costs associated with improving the school climate. Page 45 of 214. http:/... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Mental Health Education H.F. 630 Encourages school districts and charter schools to provide mental health instructions for students in grades 6 through 12 aligned with local health standards and integrated into existing programs and curricula. Page 65 of 214. http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.u... More... VA Signed into law 04/2013 Postsec. Mental health treatment coordination H.B. 1609/S.B. 1342 Requires the governing board of each public four-year institution to establish a written memorandum of understanding with its local community services board or behavioral health authority and with local hospitals and other local mental health facilities to exp... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Increasing the Capacity of School Districts to Recognize and Respond to Troubled Youth. H.B. 1336 Increase the capacity for school districts to recognize and respond to youth in need through additional training, more comprehensive planning, and emphasis on partnerships between schools and communities. Requires individuals certified by the professional educ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Parent Seminar on Youth Protection H.B. 298 Directs a district to offer a parent seminar each year, using either a locally-developed curriculum or a curriculum developed by the state board, that includes information on substance abuse; bullying; mental health, depression, and suicide awareness; and Inte... More... VA Signed into law 02/2013 Postsec. Community College Mental Health Referral H.B. 2322/S.B. 1078 Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to develop a mental health referral policy that would require community colleges to designate at least one individual at each college to serve as a point of contact with an emergency services system clinician at ... More... Health--Nutrition TX Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Beverages That May Be Sold During School Day H.B. 217 Limits beverages that may be sold at a public K-12 school during the school day to water without added sweetener, 1% or no-fat milk, USDA-approved fluid milk substitutions, 100% vegetable juice, and 100% fruit juice. Bill text: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/t... More... WV Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Feed to Achieve Act S.B. 663 Phases in implementation of the West Virginia Feed to Achieve Act. Requires nutritious breakfast and lunch be made available to all students. Provides that all schools adopt delivery systems, strategies and methods to maximize participation by students. Author... More... Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses AR Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 School Nurses & Student Health H.B. 1411 Directs the newly-created Public School Health Services Advisory Committee to study the needs of schools and school nurses. The report should contain guidelines, recommendations for delivery of healthcare at school. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/... More... Health--Suicide Prevention TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Students with Mental or Emotional Disorders S.B. 460 Requires that minimum academic qualifications for a teaching certificate require that a person receive instruction in detection of students with mental or emotional disorders. Requires that instruction be developed by experts in the diagnosis and treatment of ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Prevention S.B. 831 Previous legislation required the department of state health services, in coordination with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), to provide and annually update a list of recommended best practice-based early mental health intervention and suicide prevention progr... More... ME Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 An Act To Increase Suicide Awareness and Prevention in Maine Public Schools H.P. 428 Requires the Department of Education to adopt rules on standards for schools and school administrative units for suicide prevention education and training. The training and education will include suicide prevention awareness education for all personnel and mor... More... ND Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Youth Suicide Prevention. S.B. 2306 SB 2306 creates an Act relating to youth suicide that permits, but does not require, school districts to provide two hours of professional development relating to youth suicide. Requires the Department of Public Instruction to collaborate with the Department o... More... NM Passed 03/2013 P-12 American Indian Suicide Prevention S.B. 447 Creates the Native American suicide prevention advisory council to provide culturally appropriate suicide prevention, intervention and post-event assistance statewide to Native American individuals, families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide,... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Parent Seminar on Youth Protection H.B. 298 Directs a district to offer a parent seminar each year, using either a locally-developed curriculum or a curriculum developed by the state board, that includes information on substance abuse; bullying; mental health, depression, and suicide awareness; and Inte... More... Health--Teen Pregnancy NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 School Excused Absences for Pregnancy H.B. 300 From bill analysis: Requires each school district and charter school to maintain an attendance policy that provides ten days of excused absences for a student who provides documentation of the birth of the student's child, four days of excused absences for a ... More... High School TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Three-Year Diploma Option H.B. 1122 - Three-Year Diploma Option Authorizes the Dallas Independent School District to develop and implement a pilot program to offer a three-year high school diploma plan. Requires the program to include partnerships between the district and public junior colleges, public technical institutes... More... VT to governor 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to Secondary School Completion S. 130 Provides state-funded dual enrollment, expansion of Early College programs, expansion of work-based learning, virtual/blended learning. Requires personal learning plans for all students by 7th grade. The definitions section should be of particular interest to ... More... VT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to High School Graduation Act 77 (S.B. 130) Creates a Flexible Pathways Initiative within the Agency of Education to expand opportunities for secondary students to complete high school and achieve postsecondary readiness.  Among other things, the act provides the opportunity for each high school student... More... IA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Community College Community College Innovative Sharing Project HF 454 - Dual Enrollment Adds new subsection: 7A, establishing a district to community college innovative sharing project. A school district that collaborates with a community college to provide pupils enrolled in the school district's high school with a class that uses an activiti... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Expanding Participation in Innovation Academy Cooperatives. H.B. 1076 Amends existing law to allow two or more non high school districts to form an interdistrict cooperative and to offer an innovation academy cooperative for high school students residing in other school districts who enroll in the cooperative's reporting distric... More... High School--Advanced Placement WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Providing Initiatives to Improve and Expand Access to Computer Science Education H.B. 1472 Amends existing law to improve and expand access to computer science education, particularly in advanced courses that could prepare students for careers in the field. Requires boards of directors to approve AP computer science courses as equivalent to high sch... More... High School--College Readiness CT Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. College Preparatory Classes Through Adult Education Program H.B. 6562 Allows students who need additional preparation for a college program to enroll in an adult education program as a lower-cost alternative. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/ACT/PA/2013PA-00121-R00HB-06562-PA.htm... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Alternative High School Diplomas A.B. 288 Removes references to the General Education Development [GED] test. Requires the state board of education to select a high school equivalency assessment. Provides for the recognition of this future assessment in state statute. Eliminates the high school profic... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Periodic Review of College Readiness Standards H.B. 2549 Requires that vertical teams periodically review and revise the state's college readiness standards and expectations and recommend revised standards for approval by the commissioner of education and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Directs the co... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 College Preparatory Courses H.B. 5 - College Preparatory Courses Repeals references to college preparatory courses in science and social studies. Repeals references to end-of-course assessments for college-preparatory courses in English language arts, math, science, and social studies. Directs each district to partner with ... More... VT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to High School Graduation Act 77 (S.B. 130) Creates a Flexible Pathways Initiative within the Agency of Education to expand opportunities for secondary students to complete high school and achieve postsecondary readiness.  Among other things, the act provides the opportunity for each high school student... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Common Core State Standards; College Readiness Provisions H.B. 1427 Restricts state board of education from taking further action to implement common core standards until curricular and fiscal evaluations have been made. Provides that the state board shall implement educational standards that use the common core standards as t... More... MD Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements S.B. 740 Directs the state board to establish high school curriculum and graduation requirements for all public schools to include: beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, no later than grade 11, all students must be assessed for college readiness in English language... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 College and Career Readiness Benchmark H.F. 630 Directs the Commissioner of Education to contract for a series of assessments that are aligned with state academic standards, and include career and college readiness benchmarks. Math, reading, and writing assessments for grade 8 and 10 students must be predic... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Closing the Achievement Gap Program H.F. 630 Establishes program to reduce racial and economic gaps in student achievement. Provides eligible uses of revenue, including (1) integrated learning environments that prepare all students to be effective citizens and enhance social cohesions; (2) policies and c... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 College and Career Readiness Performance Measures H.F. 630 Directs the commission to identify and report measures that demontrate success of learning year program providers in improving students' graduation outcomes. The commissioner, beginning July 1, 2015, must annually report data on four- and six-year graduation r... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Career Pathways and Technical Education Advisory Task Force H.F. 630 Creates the task force to improve outcomes for students and adult learners, align secondary and postsecondary programs, and measured the combined efficacy of Minnesota's P-20 programs. Charges task force with (1) better informing students about career options,... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 College Readiness Assessments & Interventions S.B. 814 Amends definition for "college and career readiness measurement" to include a criterion-referenced measurement of students' acquisition of skills needed to be successful in first-year college courses. Designates cut scores, approved assessments. Details proced... More... FL Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Florida Virtual School Funding S.B. 1076 - Florida Virtual School Funding Earlier provision required adjustment of Florida Virtual School Funding after a student completed an end-of-course assessment (regardless of whether student passed assessment or required for high school graduation). Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, report... More... WV Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 College and Career Readiness S.B. 359 Before the 2014-2015 school year, the state board, the Higher Education Policy Commission, and the Council for Community and Technical College Education shall collaborate in formally adopting uniform, specific college- and career-readiness standards for Englis... More... NC Signed into law 02/2013 P-12 College/Career Endorsement to High School Diploma S.B. 14 Directs the State Board of Education to establish, implement, and determine the impact of adding (i) college, (ii) career, and (iii) college and career endorsements to high school diplomas to encourage students to obtain requisite job skills and to reduce the ... More... High School--Credit Recovery SC Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Virtual Learning H.B. 3752 Amends the virtual education program. Direct program to offer access to credit recovery programs for students who have been identified by a school district as not having received credit for a course previously taken or for students who have been identified by ... More... High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates MS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Teacher Education Scholarship, and Dropout Rate Restructuring S.B. 2658- Creates the teacher education scholars program and the Mississippi education works program which directs high schools with graduation rates lower than 80% to submit a plan to the department of education for restructure. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documen... More... High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment OR Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Accelerated College Credit Programs S.B. 222 Establishes the Accelerated Learning Committee and outlines committee membership. Directs the committee to examine methods to encourage college credit attainment in high school, emphasizing alignment of funding, assessments, and procedures that encourage effic... More... ME Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. An Act To Create an Educational Collaborative To Implement a Program That Enables Career and Technical Education Students To Earn College Credits while Attending High School, (LD 1412) S.P. 506 Establishes a collaborative board composed of representatives of career and technical education programs, high schools and publicly supported postsecondary institutions in the State to implement a program that enables career and technical education students to... More... ME SIGNED 07/2013 P-12 Eligibility for State Subsidy for Postsecondary Courses H.P. 53 Makes a student eligible to receive a state subsidy for postsecondary courses if the student is receiving home instruction in a program that meets requirements and the eligible institution: has space available for the student; has determined that the student ... More... RI Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Statewide Dual Enrollment Act 168 (S.B. 639 - Sub. B) Requires the board of education to prescribe by regulation a statewide dual enrollment policy that would allow students to enroll in courses at postsecondary institutions to satisfy academic credit requirements in both high school and the aforementioned postse... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program H.B. 3662 Creates the Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program. Provides the purposes of the program are to provide selected districts, and public and private or independent institutions of higher education, with the opportunity to establish innovative programs designed... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Dual Credit Funding S.B. 31 Prohibits the higher education coordinating board from including in its instruction and operations formula semester credit hours for dual credit earned at the institution, unless the credit is in a course in the institution's core curriculum, a career and tech... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Dual Credit for Certain CTE Courses H.B. 842 Permits a program implemented under the college credit program to provide a student with the opportunity to earn credit for a course or activity, including an apprenticeship or training hours, that (1) allows a student to concurrently earn credit toward a high... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 District Not Responsible for Tuition under College Credit Program S.B. 435 Removes sunset date on provision that district may not be required to pay tuition or other associated costs under the college credit program, through which students may earn the equivalent of 12 credit hours in high school. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodo... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Texas Fast Start Program S.B. 441 Directs the Texas Workforce Commission, in partnership with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to establish and administer the Texas Fast Start Program to identify and develop methods to support, and to provide support for, competency-based, rapid-... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Enrollment Assistance Duties of Institutions of Higher Education H.B. 2550 From fiscal note: Relates to the consolidation of the Higher Education Enrollment Assistance Program and the Higher Education Assistance Plan, and the transfer of certain enrollment assistance duties to institutions of higher education. Requires institutions o... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Skills Development Fund Dollars to Support Certain Dual Credit Programs H.B. 3028 Permits the Texas Workforce Commission to use up to 5% of the general revenue appropriated to the skills development fund for that biennium, along with funds available to the commission from other sources, to be awarded to a public junior college, public state... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 College Preparatory Courses H.B. 5 - College Preparatory Courses Repeals references to college preparatory courses in science and social studies. Repeals references to end-of-course assessments for college-preparatory courses in English language arts, math, science, and social studies. Directs each district to partner with ... More... VT to governor 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to Secondary School Completion S. 130 Provides state-funded dual enrollment, expansion of Early College programs, expansion of work-based learning, virtual/blended learning. Requires personal learning plans for all students by 7th grade. The definitions section should be of particular interest to ... More... VT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to High School Graduation Act 77 (S.B. 130) Creates a Flexible Pathways Initiative within the Agency of Education to expand opportunities for secondary students to complete high school and achieve postsecondary readiness.  Among other things, the act provides the opportunity for each high school student... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Postsecondary Enrollment Opportunities S.B. 406 Replaces existing statutes concerning concurrent enrollment courses, dual credit courses, and early college programs with a single postsecondary enrollment opportunities program. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/SE/SE0406.1.pdf... More... MD Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Postsec. Dual Enrollment Costs S.B. 740 Prohibits a public institution of higher education from charging tuition to a dually enrolled student. Requires the local board of education to pay a specified amount for up to four courses in which the student is enrolled. For each course in excess of four, t... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Dual Enrollment Transportation H.F. 630 Allows a school district to provide transporation for a pupil participating in an articulated program operated under an agreement between the school district and the postsecondary institution. Page 6 of 214. http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS88/HF0630.4.... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. ASCENT (Concurrent Enrollment) H.B. 1219 - ASCENT (Concurrent Enrollment) Directs the concurrent enrollment advisory board to make recommendations for a funding allocation model, to be approved by the state board by July 2013, in the event the number of qualified students exceeds available appropriations. Repeals certain provisions ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Regarding Academic Acceleration for High School Students H.B. 1642 Encourages school board of directors to adopt an academic acceleration policy for high school students. Enrolls students who meet the state standard on the high school statewide student assessment in the next most rigorous level of advanced courses offered by... More... High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program H.B. 3662 Creates the Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program. Provides the purposes of the program are to provide selected districts, and public and private or independent institutions of higher education, with the opportunity to establish innovative programs designed... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Business Involvement in Early College High Schools S.B. 1557 Directs the commissioner of education to collaborate with the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop and implement a strategic plan that includes (1) strategies to increase private industry participation in the ... More... VT to governor 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to Secondary School Completion S. 130 Provides state-funded dual enrollment, expansion of Early College programs, expansion of work-based learning, virtual/blended learning. Requires personal learning plans for all students by 7th grade. The definitions section should be of particular interest to ... More... VT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to High School Graduation Act 77 (S.B. 130) Creates a Flexible Pathways Initiative within the Agency of Education to expand opportunities for secondary students to complete high school and achieve postsecondary readiness.  Among other things, the act provides the opportunity for each high school student... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Postsecondary Enrollment Opportunities S.B. 406 Replaces existing statutes concerning concurrent enrollment courses, dual credit courses, and early college programs with a single postsecondary enrollment opportunities program. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/SE/SE0406.1.pdf... More... High School--Exit Exams AK Adopted Text or Summary of Text 06/2013 P-12 Statewide Student Assessment 4 AAC 06.710, 730, 735 Repeals the standardized norm referenced test administration and replaces it with a standards-based test to measure student attainment of the state's standards. http://education.alaska.gov/regs/filed/4AAC_06_07_34_090.pdf... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Alternative High School Diplomas A.B. 288 Removes references to the General Education Development [GED] test. Requires the state board of education to select a high school equivalency assessment. Provides for the recognition of this future assessment in state statute. Eliminates the high school profic... More... TX Vetoed 06/2013 P-12 Texas High Performance Schools Consortium H.B. 2824 From fiscal note: Requires the participants of the Texas Higher Performance Schools Consortium to submit a report by December 2014 and by December 2016 on the progress participating campuses have made in achieving certain goals as outlined in the legislation. ... More... WA Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Assessments in Public Schools H.B. 1450 From the bill digest: Reduces the overall costs of the state assessment system by implementing the eleventh grade English language arts and mathematics assessments being developed by a multistate consortium in which Washington is participating. Maximizes use o... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Postsec. College Readiness H.B. 1005 Requires school counselor to meet with students who do not achieve passing score on graduation exam to explore available remediation options to meet requirements necessary for a graduation waiver. Requires a secondary school's continuous school improvement and... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Exit Exams; Graduation Waivers H.B. 1005 Removes alternative pathway provisions for students who failed the graduation exam. Existing law allowed students to receive a graduation waiver if they completed remediation, maintained 95% attendance, a certain GPA. New law requires schools and districts to ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Remediation and Intervention for Students Who Fail End-of-instruction Requirements S.B. 226 Students who have been denied a standard diploma by the school district in which the student is or was enrolled for failing to meet requirements of this section may re-enroll in the school district that denied the student a standard diploma following the denia... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Allows Certain Scores to Demonstrate Mastery S.B. 559 Provides that students who score 10% above cut scores approved by the State Board of Education on the ACT, SAT, ACT Plan or Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying tests will have demonstrated mastery for subjects in which alternative tests have ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Occupational Diploma S.B. 886 Requires state board of education to create an occupational high school diploma for students with disabilities. Directs board to set appropriate standards, benchmarks for attendance, academic achievement, and job readiness skills. Waives high school assessment... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Student Assessment H.B. 2425 Repeals several assessment provisions. New law allows statewide assessment of subjects other than reading, writing, and math for satisfying high school graduation requirements. Eliminates requirement for the development, use of a nationally standardized, norm-... More... High School--GED (General Education Development) NH Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 High School Equivalency S.B. 97 Replaces references to the GED certificate with "high school equivalency." Repeals a provision requiring persons between 16 and 18 years of age who cannot read and speak English to attend a special day school or evening school. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/... More... ME SIGNED 06/2013 P-12 High School Equivalency Exam S.P. 174 Requests the Department of Education to undertake a thorough study of all options for the administration of a high school equivalency examination, including those offered by competing vendors and an analysis of the implementation costs that would be required t... More... NE Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Diploma of High School Equivalency Assistance Act L.B. 366 From the Fiscal Note: LB 366 is the Diploma of High School Equivalency Assistance Act. The bill provides intent language that $750,000 of general funds be appropriated as state aid in FY2013-14 and FY2014-15 to provide assistance to institutions which offer hi... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Alternative High School Diplomas A.B. 288 Removes references to the General Education Development [GED] test. Requires the state board of education to select a high school equivalency assessment. Provides for the recognition of this future assessment in state statute. Eliminates the high school profic... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Special Student Recovery Program S.B. 119 Permits the commissioner of education to require El Paso Independent School District to operate a special student recovery program under specified circumstances. Requires the program to offer specified services, including services designed to enable students t... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 High School Equivalency Exam H.B. 2058 From fiscal note: Allows any person at least 16 years of age to take the high school equivalency examination if that person was required to do so under court order. Repeals the current provision requiring the court order to be related to failure to attend scho... More... VT to governor 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to Secondary School Completion S. 130 Provides state-funded dual enrollment, expansion of Early College programs, expansion of work-based learning, virtual/blended learning. Requires personal learning plans for all students by 7th grade. The definitions section should be of particular interest to ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Convenience Fees; Replaces GED References H.B. 2071 Allows the department of education to impose a convenience fee on a per transaction basis for credit card, debit card or other means of electronic payment transactions when collecting other authorized fees; specifies that the department must continue to accept... More... TN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Tennessee Alternative Diploma S.B. 105 Requires the department of labor and workforce development and the board of education to design, develop and implement a test aligned with the Common Core State Standards and accompanying education reforms that shall, upon its successful passage, result in the... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Student ID Number For Adult Education Programs S.B. 71 Directs an education data subcommittee to identify a method for assigning a unique student identifier to each person enrolled in an adult basic education program or high school general equivalency diploma program, for purposes of interagency data-sharing. http... More... NM Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Replace GED Terms with Equivelancy Diploma S.B. 183 From bill analysis: Amends several sections of current law to replace the terms "General Education Diploma," "General Equivalency Diploma," "General Educational Development Certificate," and "GED" with the term "High School Equivalency Diploma." http://www.nml... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 High School Equivalency Certificates. H.B. 1686 Amends existing code to replace the general education development test with the high school equivelancy certificate, which is a certificate issued jointly by the college board and the office of the superintendent of public instruction that indicates that the h... More... MT Adopted 03/2013 P-12 High School Level Tests of General Education Development (GED) ARM 10.66.110-118 Repeals and replaces provisions relating to high school level tests of general education development (GED). Modifies qualifications of candidates: (1)  not currently enrolled in school or have received an accredited high school diploma or high school equivalen... More... RI Adopted 03/2013 P-12 The Rhode Island High School Equivalency Program RI ADC 21-2-63:1-10 Adopts comprehensive High School Equivalency Program Regulations. The purpose of these regulations is to enable Rhode Island adulst and out-of-school yout to gain personal satisfaction, career opportunities, and increased academic possibilities by earning a hi... More... High School--Graduation Requirements CA Signed into law 09/2013 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements for Pupils in Foster Care A.B. 216 From bill summary: Revises provisions regarding certain exemptions of students in foster care from high school graduation requirements. Requires a district to exempt a pupil in foster care who transfers between schools any time after the completion of the pupi... More... CA Vetoed 08/2013 P-12 Career Technical Education Certificates S.B. 540 From legislative counsel's digest: Authorizes a district or county office of education to award a pupil a career technical education certificate if the pupil meets specified requirements, including satisfactory completion of the equivalent of 4 semester-long c... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Social Studies Standards/Financial Literacy S.B. 1449 Requires the academic standards in social studies prescribed by state board of education to include personal finance. Clarifies that state board cannot establish a required separate personal finance course as a graduation requirement. Allows a school board or ... More... IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 State Seal of Biliteracy S.B. 1221 Defines "foreign language" to include modern languages, Latin, American Sign Language, Native American languages. Establishes State Seal of Biliteracy program to recognize public high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in one or mor... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 06/2013 P-12 Course Options for Meeting Arts Graduation Requirements H.R. 138 Requires the Department of Education to amend its rules to provide that high school graduation requirements in the area of visual and performing arts may be met by completion of a credit in dance, music, theater, forensics or visual arts. The department is to ... More... MT Adopted Rules 06/2013 P-12 Accreditation Standards ARM 10.55.701, 704, 708, 804, 906 Modifies course and other requirements necessary for accreditation. http://www.mtrules.org/gateway/RuleNo.asp?RN=10%2E55%2E906 ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Alternative High School Diplomas A.B. 288 Removes references to the General Education Development [GED] test. Requires the state board of education to select a high school equivalency assessment. Provides for the recognition of this future assessment in state statute. Eliminates the high school profic... More... RI Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 CPR and Defibrillator UseTraining for Students H.B. 5376, S.B. 318 Provides minimum guidelines for CPR training and requires an overview of automated external defibrillator (AED) use. At a minimum, training is to include psychomotor skill-based cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and an overview of automated externa... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Advanced CTE and Applied STEM Courses in Graduation Requirements H.B. 2201 Permits students to fulfill the 3rd and 4th math and science credits for the recommended and advanced high school programs by completing an advanced career and technical course (previously, students coupld substitute only a math course taken after taking Algeb... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Graduation Requirements and Diploma Endorsements H.B. 5 - Graduation Requirements and Diploma Endorsements From fiscal analysis: Eliminates the Minimum, Recommended, and Advanced high school graduation programs, and creates the Foundation High School Program. Creates endorsements on a student's diploma and transcript if the student completes certain courses. Endors... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Three-Year Diploma Option H.B. 1122 - Three-Year Diploma Option Authorizes the Dallas Independent School District to develop and implement a pilot program to offer a three-year high school diploma plan. Requires the program to include partnerships between the district and public junior colleges, public technical institutes... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Postsec. College Readiness H.B. 1005 Requires school counselor to meet with students who do not achieve passing score on graduation exam to explore available remediation options to meet requirements necessary for a graduation waiver. Requires a secondary school's continuous school improvement and... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Exit Exams; Graduation Waivers H.B. 1005 Removes alternative pathway provisions for students who failed the graduation exam. Existing law allowed students to receive a graduation waiver if they completed remediation, maintained 95% attendance, a certain GPA. New law requires schools and districts to ... More... MD Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 High School Diploma by Examination S.B. 58 Repeals the minimum three-month state residency requirement for individuals who are seeking to obtain a high school diploma by examination in Maryland. http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/Chapters_noln/CH_439_sb0058t.pdf... More... MD Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements S.B. 740 Directs the state board to establish high school curriculum and graduation requirements for all public schools to include: beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, no later than grade 11, all students must be assessed for college readiness in English language... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements H.F. 630 Provides that students must demonstrate satisfactory completion of the credit requirements set by their district AND their understanding of academic standards on a nationally normed college entrance exam. Requires one of the three required Carnegie units for m... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Assessment H.F. 630 Finds that students who have not yet demonstrated proficiency on the Minnesota comprehensive assessments, the graduation-required assessments for diploma, or the basic skills testing requirements prior to high school graduation may satisfy state high school gr... More... NV Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Credit for Experiential Learning in High School S.B. 305 Authorizes high schools to award credit to high school pupils who satisfy certain qualifications to complete a public or private internship. Requires districts and charter school boards to define fields, trades, or occupations in which a pupil may compete an i... More... OR Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Documented History of Student Health for Purpose of High School Completion H.B. 2193 Amends existing law and adds a new section regarding extended diplomas to include having a documented history of an inability to maintain grade level achievement due to significant learning and instructional barriers, a medical condition that creates a barrier... More... TN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Occupational Diploma S.B. 886 Requires state board of education to create an occupational high school diploma for students with disabilities. Directs board to set appropriate standards, benchmarks for attendance, academic achievement, and job readiness skills. Waives high school assessment... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 CPR Training H.B. 2224 Requires students to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation as a condition of high school graduation, beginning in the 2014-2015 academic year. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bills/HB2224.pdf... More... FL Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Accelerated High School Graduation Options S.B. 1076 - Accelerated High School Graduation Options Repeals Section 1003.429, which established two 18-credit accelerated high school graduation options as alternatives to the standard 24-credit high school diploma: a 3-year standard college preparatory program, and a 3-year career preparatory program. Amends p... More... MT Adopted 04/2013 P-12 Financial Literacy H.J.R. 14 Urges the state board to require successful completion of a financial literacy course prior to high school graduation. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/HJ0014.pdf... More... NM Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Teacher Language Proficiency and Council H.B. 541 Partially from bill analysis: Creates the bilingual education advisory council and allows for the establishment of a statewide seal of bilingual proficiency and for all schools to provide students graduating high school with the opportunity to demonstrate prof... More... NM Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Certain School Tests as Competence H.B. 513 Denies a New Mexico diploma of excellence if the student has not demonstrated competence in the subject areas of math, reading and language arts, writing, science, and social studies, based on the district-developed, department-approved end-of-course examinati... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Competencies H.B. 1038 Relates to curriculum requirements for high school graduation, and expands college preparatory/work ready curriculum unit requirements to include sets of competencies. For instance, rather than three units or four units of science, it would be three units or s... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Appeal Process for Students Denied a Standard Diploma H.B. 1756 Students denied a standard diploma may appeal to the state board. Students with disabilities whose individualized education program (IEP) pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) indicates that the student is to be assessed with alter... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Providing Initiatives to Improve and Expand Access to Computer Science Education H.B. 1472 Amends existing law to improve and expand access to computer science education, particularly in advanced courses that could prepare students for careers in the field. Requires boards of directors to approve AP computer science courses as equivalent to high sch... More... ID Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Additional Math and Science Courses S.B. 1092 Amends and establishes provisions relating to additional math and science courses. Creates provisions relating to meeting graduation requirements for math and science courses and distributes money to school districts to defray the cost of providing additional... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 CPR Training H.B. 2028/S.B. 986 Allows school boards to require current certification or training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for school personnel. Requires such training for those seeking initial teache... More... WY Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Statewide Education Accountability System H.B. 91 Adjusts how school level performance is determined by limiting the measurement of student readiness as defined by achievement on standardized assessment to Grade 11 (was Grade 11 & 12), and adding a measure of equity as defined by a measure of academic student... More... Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Attendance and Student Final Grade H.B. 5 - Attendance and Student Final Grade Provides that any student in grades K-12 may not receive a final grade for a class unless the student is in attendance for at least 90% of the days the class is offered. Permits a student who attends 75% but less than 90% of class days to receive a final grade... More... Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling ME SIGNED 07/2013 P-12 Eligibility for State Subsidy for Postsecondary Courses H.P. 53 Makes a student eligible to receive a state subsidy for postsecondary courses if the student is receiving home instruction in a program that meets requirements and the eligible institution: has space available for the student; has determined that the student ... More... IA Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Independent Private Instruction H.F. 215 - Division XII Adds a new subsection. Defines "Independent private instruction" as instruction that meets the following criteria: (1) Is not accredited. (2) Enrolls not more than four unrelated students. (3) Does not charge tuition, fees, or other remuneration for instructio... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Summer Course Enrollment of Students Not Enrolled in District H.B. 2137 Requires a district, with exceptions, to permit a person eligible to attend school under statutory school age laws but who is not enrolled in the district to enroll in a summer school course on the same basis as a district student. Requires such person to sati... More... NC Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Home Schools S.B. 189 Redefines homeschool from consisting of one or more households to no more than two households. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S189v2.pdf... More... ND Signed into law 05/2013 Postsec. Homeschool Student Eligibility for Scholarships H.B. 1291 Makes home schooled students eligible for North Dakota scholarships. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/63-2013/documents/13-0109-05000.pdf?20130510113114... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Homeschool Study S.B. 1043 Requires the department of education to study the education and assistance provided to children who are unable to physically attend school on a regular basis due to a medical condition. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bills/SB1043.pdf... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Home School Students Participation In Activities H.B. 1095 Prohibits a district, school, or interscholastic organization or association from requiring a homeschooled student who is participating in an extracurricular activity at a school selected by the district to enroll in a course or complete course credits as a co... More... ND Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Home Education S.B. 2329 Requires that while in grades four, six, eight, and ten, each child receiving home education take a standardized achievement test used by the school district in which the child resides; or, if requested by the parent, a nationally normed standardized achievem... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Home School Student Program Units S.B. 302 Allows for home schooled students to take one or more classes at public schools and for home schooled students to generate program units. Payment of the program units for home schooled students will be paid to the school district in which they are generated. E... More... Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning IA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Community College Community College Innovative Sharing Project HF 454 - Dual Enrollment Adds new subsection: 7A, establishing a district to community college innovative sharing project. A school district that collaborates with a community college to provide pupils enrolled in the school district's high school with a class that uses an activiti... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 05/2013 P-12 Elementary School Applied Learning Opportunities S.P. 150 Proposes to assemble a working group to identify opportunities for and best practices of applied learning opportunities in kindergarten to grade 8. These opportunities and practices will then be posted on the Department of Education's website so that all schoo... More... Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education CA Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Sex-Segregated School Programs and Activities A.B. 1266 From legislative counsel's digest: Requires that a student be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his/her gender identity, irrespective of the ... More... Instructional Approaches--Teaching Across Disciplines AR Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Multiple Subjects Embedded in Single Course H.B. 1477 Details the process whereby the Department of Education can waive the Standards of Accreditation for school districts that embed two or more subjects in a single course. Specifies that school districts must teach curriculum frameworks for each subject, regardl... More... Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools CT Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Community Schools S.B. 1002 Allows local or regional boards of education to establish a community school or schools to participate with community partners to provide various educational and social services to students, families, and community members during hours when school is not in se... More... IL Passed 05/2013 P-12 Promise Neighborhood Grants H.R. 154 Urges Congress, the President of the United States, and the U.S. Department of Education to consider communities in the state, including communities in the City of Chicago, as Promise Neighborhoods and award grants as such. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/H... More... NM Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Community Schools Act H.B. 542 Provides a strategy to organize the resources of a community to ensure student success while addressing the needs of the whole student. Attempts to partner federal, state and local entities with private community-based organizations to improve the coordination... More... Leadership--District Superintendent NY Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Training in Social Patterns of Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination for Educator Certification S.B. 5558 Extends to December 31, 2013 the deadline by which school professionals applying for certification (including for service as a classroom teacher, school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school administrator or supervisor or superintendent ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Teaching and Learning Conditions Survey H.B. 2012 - Teaching and Learning Conditions Survey Directs the commissioner of education to develop an online survey to be administered statewide at least every other year to superintendents, principals, supervisors, classroom teachers, counselors, and other appropriate certified, full-time professionals. Requ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Superintendent Qualifications and Teacher Licensure H.B. 1357 Provides that a district superintendent is not required to hold a teacher's or superintendent's license, but is required to have obtained at least a master's degree from an accredited postsecondary educational institution. Repeals a requirement that a county s... More... ME Vetoed 05/2013 P-12 Superintendents Living Out of District H.P. 10 Prohibits a local board from requiring that a superintendent reside in the school administrative unit. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0010&item=1&snum=126... More... WY Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Teacher/Leader Evaluation System H.B. 72 Delays implementation of phase II of the statewide education accountability system pertaining to teacher and school leader evaluation by providing a phased-in approach over the course of a four-year period commencing school year 2013-2014. Establishes goals an... More... Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Renegotiation of School District Superintendent Contracts; renegotiation H.B. 2611 Modifies the time at which a school district may extend or renegotiate a superintendent's contract. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/51leg/1r/laws/0191.pdf... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 School Administrator Contracts; Principal Leadership S.B. 402 Changes, from February 1 to March 1, the date by which a governing body shall give written notice of renewal or refusal to renew an assistant superintendent's, a principal's, or an assistant principal's contract. Establishes the principal institute within Indi... More... VA Signed into law 02/2013 P-12 Notice of Principal/Asst. Principal Reassignment H.B. 1388/S.B. 936 Changes the deadline for a school board to notify principals, assistant principals, or supervisors under continuing contract of their reassignment to teaching positions from April 15 to June 15. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB936ER+pdf... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure NY Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Training in Social Patterns of Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination for Educator Certification S.B. 5558 Extends to December 31, 2013 the deadline by which school professionals applying for certification (including for service as a classroom teacher, school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school administrator or supervisor or superintendent ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Teaching and Learning Conditions Survey H.B. 2012 - Teaching and Learning Conditions Survey Directs the commissioner of education to develop an online survey to be administered statewide at least every other year to superintendents, principals, supervisors, classroom teachers, counselors, and other appropriate certified, full-time professionals. Requ... More... AL Signed into law 05/2013 Postsec. Postsecondary Military Students and Licensure Renewal for Deployed Military H.B. 338 Requires board of a state public educational institution, community college, or technical school to adopt, by December 31, 2013, a policy requiring each institution under the board's supervision to award credit to students for prior military training or servic... More... KS Signed into law 04/2013 Postsec. Credit for Online Courses - Military Students H.B. 2181 Authorizes a licensing body to waive educational requirements towards certification or licensure for any former military service member who completes a distance education course through an accredited educational institution. http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b20... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay AR Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Master School Principal Program S.B. 583 Clarifies how school principals are compensated for working in high-need schools and districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bills/SB583.pdf... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness IA Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Council on Educator Development H.F. 215 - Division VI Establishes a council to study and make recommendations for statewide teacher and administrator evaluations. Requires the council to consider the current systems in place, national systems and standards, the use of student outcomes, indicators of practice (e.g... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Modifies Deadlines under the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System S.B. 426 Modifies provisions related to establishing which teachers fall under the requirements of the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System (changes from 2011-12 school year to "prior to full implementation of the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effe... More... KY Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Teacher and Principal Evaluation Systems H.B. 180 Directs the department of education, before the 2014-15 school year, to develop a framework for a statewide personnel evaluation system. Directs the state board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a statewide professional growth and effective... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 School personnel evaluation policies and grievance procedures. H.B. 2151/S.B. 1223 Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and to the grievance procedure process. Requires teachers, assistant principals, and principals to be evaluated every year, either formally or informally, and suc... More... WY Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Teacher/Leader Evaluation System H.B. 72 Delays implementation of phase II of the statewide education accountability system pertaining to teacher and school leader evaluation by providing a phased-in approach over the course of a four-year period commencing school year 2013-2014. Establishes goals an... More... NM Passed 02/2013 P-12 Validity Study of Teacher and School Administrator Effectivesness H.J.M. 30 Requests to convene a work group to study the validity of using standards-based assessments for other purposes, principally teacher and school administrator effectiveness and school grading. The work group will report to the legislative education study committ... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. Network of Quality Teaching and Learning H.B. 3233 Establishes the Network of Quality Teaching and Learning, which consists of the Oregon Education Investment Board (OEIB), department of education, and public and private entities. Provides the purposes of the network are to: (1) Enhance a culture of leadersh... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 School personnel evaluation policies and grievance procedures. H.B. 2151/S.B. 1223 Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and to the grievance procedure process. Requires teachers, assistant principals, and principals to be evaluated every year, either formally or informally, and suc... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Continuing Education Requirements for Teachers, Principals, and Counselors H.B. 642 Requires that continuing education requirements for teachers provide that up to 25% of the training required every 5 years include instruction on (1) collecting and analyzing information that will improve classroom effectiveness; (2) recognizing early warning ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Principal Professional Development on School Disciplinary Procedures H.B. 1952 Requires each principal or other administrator who oversees student discipline to attend professional development training at least once every three years regarding student disciplinary procedures, including training on the distinction between a discipline man... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure VA Signed into law 02/2013 P-12 Notice of Principal/Asst. Principal Reassignment H.B. 1388/S.B. 936 Changes the deadline for a school board to notify principals, assistant principals, or supervisors under continuing contract of their reassignment to teaching positions from April 15 to June 15. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB936ER+pdf... More... Middle School FL Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Middle Grades Promotion and Remediation S.B. 1076 - Middle Grades Promotion and Remediation Makes various changes to middle grades promotion requirements, including to align with revised end-of-course assessment requirements for high school graduation. Amends requirement regarding career and education planning course to be taken in grades 6, 7, or 8;... More... UT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Expanding Access for Sixth Graders to Secondary Education H.B. 345 From bill summary: Defines secondary school as school serving any grades 7-12. Provides that a secondary school may impose a fee to secondary students, including students in grade 6 attending a secondary school. Provides that certain remediation programs apply... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 P-3 Literacy & Middle Grades Math Interventions H.B. 2068/S.B. 1171 Requires local school divisions to provide early intervention services to kindergarten to grade three students who demonstrate deficiencies based on their individual performance on diagnostic reading tests (previously only required intervention services in 3rd... More... Minority/Diversity Issues NM Passed 02/2013 Postsec. Workforce Skill and Education Aquisition for Hispanic and American Indians H.M. 41 Requests the secretary of workforce solutions to conduct a study on how to provide assistance to Hispanics and American Indians who seek to gain the skills and education needed to join the workforce. The study, along with its recommendations and findings, is ... More... NM Passed 02/2013 P-12 Feasibility Study of a Bi-State Charter School for a Navajo Nation Chapter H.M. 43 Resolves that the Indian education division of the public education department and the Indian affairs department create a work group to study the feasibility of a bi-state charter school in the Red Lake chapter of the Navajo Nation and develop a report with fi... More... Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian MT Signed into law 04/2013 Postsec. Allowing board of regents to waive tuition and fees for certain students H.B. 286 Expands the eligibility of the Montana University System American Indian resident waivers to enrolled members of a state-recognized or federally recognized Indian tribe. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/HB0286.pdf... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Authorizing State-Tribal Education Compact Schools H.B. 1134 Reaffirms the state's commitment to government-to-government relationships with the tribes that have been recognized by proclamation, and in the centennial accord and the millennium agreement and authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to enter int... More... NM Passed 03/2013 Postsec. Study to Examine Where Tribal Colleges are Excluded H.M. 94 Requests that the higer education department (HED) examine during the 2013 interim to identify (and propose a plan to correct) where tribal colleges are excluded from state programs, policies and procedures, and accompanying budget and funding processes, inclu... More... NM Passed 03/2013 P-12 American Indian Suicide Prevention S.B. 447 Creates the Native American suicide prevention advisory council to provide culturally appropriate suicide prevention, intervention and post-event assistance statewide to Native American individuals, families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide,... More... NM Passed 02/2013 Postsec. Workforce Skill and Education Aquisition for Hispanic and American Indians H.M. 41 Requests the secretary of workforce solutions to conduct a study on how to provide assistance to Hispanics and American Indians who seek to gain the skills and education needed to join the workforce. The study, along with its recommendations and findings, is ... More... NM Passed 02/2013 P-12 Feasibility Study of a Bi-State Charter School for a Navajo Nation Chapter H.M. 43 Resolves that the Indian education division of the public education department and the Indian affairs department create a work group to study the feasibility of a bi-state charter school in the Red Lake chapter of the Navajo Nation and develop a report with fi... More... Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic IL Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Latino Family Commission H.B. 3049 Amends the Illinois Latino Family Commission Act. Adds liaisons from the state board, the state board of higher education, and the Illinois Community College Board, among others. Provides that the Illinois Latino Family Commission may receive funding through s... More... NM Passed 02/2013 Postsec. Workforce Skill and Education Aquisition for Hispanic and American Indians H.M. 41 Requests the secretary of workforce solutions to conduct a study on how to provide assistance to Hispanics and American Indians who seek to gain the skills and education needed to join the workforce. The study, along with its recommendations and findings, is ... More... No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress CT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Low Performing District - Including Charter Schools in Accountability H.B. 6622 Allows a school district designated as an alliance district (chool district is among those with the lowest academic performance) to mutually agree with a charter school within the district to use academic achievement scores of the charter school's students as ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Accountability A.B. 460 Requires the state department of education to ensure that the statewide system of accountability complies with federal mandates under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Establishes certain requirements for the statewide system of accountabilit... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Repealing Accountability Provisions A.B. 460 Repeals provisions related to consequences for public schools and school districts based upon adequate yearly progress (AYP) designations. Previously, public schools and school districts were designated as demonstrating (1) exemplary achievement; (2) high ach... More... No Child Left Behind--Assessment TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Statewide Reading and Math Assessments in Grades 3-8 H.B. 866 Reduces grades administered statewide reading and math assessments to grades 3, 5, and 8. Defines "minimum satisfactory adjusted scale score," and requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to determine minimum satisfactory adjusted scale score for each statewi... More... No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers AL Adopted 04/2013 P-12 Grades 3-8 Summative Assessments ACT Aspire as Alabama's 3-8 Summative Assessment Resolution to adopt ACT Aspire as summative assessment for grades 3-8 beginning in the 2013-14 school year, as recommended by the Assessment and Accountability Task Force. Alabama's NCLB waiver application mentions the assessments' use for accountability purp... More... No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Supplemental Education Service Providers H.B. 753 Defines "rigorous research." Requires districts to include, in annual notice to parents of supplemental educational services (SES), information on characteristics of SES that, based on rigorous research, are more likely to foster improvement in student academi... More... Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning GA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Digital Learning H.B. 283 Allows the State Board of Education to establish a grant program to incentivize the adoption of digital learning using high speed internet connections across Georgia schools. The grant program shall include funding, subject to appropriations by the General Ass... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Online and Digital Learning Advisory Council H.F. 630 Redefines membership, including superintendents, distribution of rural, urban, and suburban representation, charter schools, and teacher prep faculty. Clarifies duties, including providing input on (1) a review and approval process to ensure the quality of onl... More... AR Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Digital Learning H.B. 1785 Creates a digital course learning program pilot. Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, all public schools and charters must provide at least one digital course as a primary or secondary method of instruction. Designates digital learning providers. Defines in... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Supplemental Online Education Services S.B. 139 Amends legislative findings regarding supplemental online courses, and articulates general assembly's goals of online courses and blended learning. Repeals existing language regarding development and purchase of supplemental online courses. By February 15, 201... More... SD Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Classroom Innovation Grant Program H.B. 1164 Provides $500,000 in funding for classroom innovation to allow classroom teachers to utilize technology in creative and innovative ways to enhance the learning and achievement of their students. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2013/Bills/HB1164ENR.pdf... More... Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses IA Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Iowa Learning Online Initiative —— Fees and Appropriations H.F. 215 Division III of H.F. 215 rquires state department to establish fees payable by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools participating in the initiative. Makes appropriations to state department for administering the online learning initiative: a. for ... More... SC Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Virtual Learning H.B. 3752 Amends the virtual education program. Direct program to offer access to credit recovery programs for students who have been identified by a school district as not having received credit for a course previously taken or for students who have been identified by ... More... TX Became law without governor's signature 06/2013 P-12 Courses Offered Through the State Virtual School Network H.B. 1926 Amends provisions under which a district may deny a request to enroll a student in an electronic course. Limits district and charter school funding to not more than 3 electronic courses during any school year, and authorizes a district or charter school to dec... More... VT to governor 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to Secondary School Completion S. 130 Provides state-funded dual enrollment, expansion of Early College programs, expansion of work-based learning, virtual/blended learning. Requires personal learning plans for all students by 7th grade. The definitions section should be of particular interest to ... More... MD Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Online Courses Accessible to Individuals with Disabilities H.B. 1176 Generally codifies the requirement established in Chapters 287 and 288 of 2012 that the development, review, and approval of an online course or service by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) must include an assessment regarding the accessibility... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Defines "Educationally Appropriate" Online Courses S.B. 419 Defines educationally appropriate, regarding supplemental online courses, as any instruction that is not substantially a repeat of a course or portion of a course that the student has successfully completed, regardless of the grade of the student and regardles... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Creates the Statewide Virtual Charter School Commission S.B. 267 Creates the Statewide Virtual Charter School Commission. Gives the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board the sole authority to authorize and sponsor statewide virtual charter schools. Adds a fiscal component: For the purpose of calculating weighted average da... More... TN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Virtual Schools S.B. 157 Establishes total enrollment and out-of-district enrollment caps for virtual schools. Provides that initial enrollment must be capped at 1,500 students and that no more than 25% of those students can come from outside districts. If virtual schools receive asse... More... CO Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Supplemental Online Education Services S.B. 139 Amends legislative findings regarding supplemental online courses, and articulates general assembly's goals of online courses and blended learning. Repeals existing language regarding development and purchase of supplemental online courses. By February 15, 201... More... FL Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Florida Virtual School Funding S.B. 1076 - Florida Virtual School Funding Earlier provision required adjustment of Florida Virtual School Funding after a student completed an end-of-course assessment (regardless of whether student passed assessment or required for high school graduation). Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, report... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Online Student Performance Reported Separately H.B. 1071 The Academic Performance Index (API) is used to measure performance of schools. This bill excludes the academic performance of certain online students when determining an Academic Performance Index. The academic performance of students who are enrolled full-ti... More... OK Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Providers Offering Full-Time Virtual Education to Non Resident Students S.B. 169 New law stating that a virtual education provider that offers full-time virtual education to students who are not residents of the school district with which the provider is contracted is to be considered a site within each school district with which the provi... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Authorizing Approval of Online School Programs in Private Schools S.B. 5496 Allows for private schools that have been approved by the state board of education to offer and administer an online school program, including programs under contract with a third party. Requires the private school advisory committee to examine issues associat... More... ID Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Online Course Portal S.B. 1091 Increases funding to Idaho Digital Learning Academy, allots $150,000 which may be expended for the development and maintenance of an internet-based portal of available online, nonsectarian K-12 or dual credit courses. Completing all state high school graduati... More... MA Signed into law 01/2013 P-12 Virtual Schools H.B. 4274 Directs the board of elementary and secondary education to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to establish one or more commonwealth virtual schools. Specifies eligible entities, terms and conditions by which entities would receive certificate to operate virtu... More... P-16 or P-20 NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 School Readiness Pilot S.B. 486 Appropriates state funds to create a pilot program for the assessment of school readiness and for the coordination between early childhood education programs through college and workforce readiness. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/SB/SB486_EN... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Educational Research Centers and P-20/Workforce Data Repository H.B. 2103 Partially from fiscal note: Amends provisions related to educational research centers. Defines "cooperating agencies" as the Higher Education Coordinating Board ("Board"), the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Directs the ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013 H.B. 1989 Creates the Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013. Requires State Board of Education to create certain data inventory and to develop certain policies; prohibits the transfer of certain data; provides exceptions; requires a dat... More... WV Issued 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. Workforce Planning Council Exec. Order 3-13 Establishes the West Virginia Workforce Planning Council as the single, independent entity to integrate and coordinate public education, workforce development, and economic development efforts. Details membership, reporting schedule. http://www.governor.wv.gov... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Postsec. Education Task Force S.B. 169 Creates the Education Task Force. Establishes membership of legislative leaders). Directs the task force to review and make recommendations on public education and higher education issues, including: (1) Long-term education policies to help job creation and ... More... P-3 CO Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Early Childhood & School Readiness Legislative Commission H.B. 1007 Creates the early childhood and school readiness legislative commission to study issues and make recommendations for policy improvement related to early childhood and school readiness, including areas of health, mental health, parental involvement, family supp... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Child Care Provider Collective Bargaining S.F. 778 Establishes a right for family child care providers to form, join, and participate in the activities of labor organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation and meeting and negotiating with the state. Requires the state, through the Gove... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 School Calendar H.F. 630 Provides that the school year for all-day kindergarten must include at least 850 hours of instruction for the school year. A school board's annual calendar must include at least 165 days of instruction for a student in grades 1 through 11 unless a four-day wee... More... P-3 Child Care CA To governor 09/2013 P-12 Child Care and Development Services A.B. 274 From bill summary: Requires child care providers authorized to provide services to children up to age 13 pursuant to the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the department of education, to submit to the alternative payment program a monthl... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Preschool and Child Care and Development Services (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Fee Schedule for Preschool and Child Care and Development Services From bill summary: Requires the superintendent of public instruction to establish a revised fee schedule for families using preschool and child care and development services for children from infancy through age 13. Requires the superintendent to first submit ... More... RI Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Child Care Assistance Program Parent Advisory Council and Child Care Provider Collective Bargaining S.B. 794 Establishes a Child Care Assistance Program Parent Advisory Council. Defines the Child Care Assistance Program as a program administered by the department of human services that provides financial assistance to families for child care. The council shall consi... More... ND Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Early Childhood Education H.B. 1429 and S.B. 2229 Amended section related to prekindergarten program. Authorizes a district to establish an early childhood program (deleted "prekindergarten program") provided the program is approved by the superintendent of public instruction. The district may support that pr... More... P-3 Content Standards and Assessment FL Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Early Learning Coalitions and School Readiness Program H.B. 7165 Establishes thirty-one or fewer early learning coalitions that offer services for families and children at the local level and provide access to such services in all 67 counties. Sets powers and duties of the coalition related to school readiness programs whic... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 School Waivers H.B. 2144 Allows a public elementary school that had an adjusted pass rate of less than 75 percent on the third grade Standards of Learning reading assessment administered during the previous school year to apply to the Board of Education for a two-year waiver from the ... More... P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) OR Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Early Learning Screening, Risk Assessment, Prental Care, and Special Education Inclusion H.B. 2013 (Section 1) Requires the Early Learning Council and the Department of Education to assist school districts in implementing a process that assesses children for kindergarten readiness. Requires the assistance include training on goals and implementation of the process, th... More... IL Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Early Intervention Services S.B. 626 Provides that a policy of accident and health insurance that provides coverage for early intervention services must conform to the following criteria: the use of private health insurance to pay for early intervention services under Part C of the federal Indivi... More... ME Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Implements Recommendations of Government Oversight Committee and the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability Regarding Child Development Services H.P. 27 Implements recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee stemming from the report on child development services issued by the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in July 2012. Requires improved reporting to the Legislature on key... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Home Visiting S.B. 426 Directs the commission to create a strategic plan to serve at-risk pregnant women and families with children under the age of six through home visiting programs that improve outcomes for parents and families. Provides program details. http://www.capitol.state... More... CO Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Early Head Start Grant Program H.B. 1291 Creates the Colorado Early Head Start (EHS) Grant Program in the Office of Early Childhood to expand enrollment of infants, toddlers and pregnant mothers in center- or home-based Early Head Start, improve quality care, provide tiered reimbursement to providers... More... NE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Learning Communities and Learning Community Coordinating Councils L.B. 585 Changes provisions relating to learning communities. There is currently only one learning community in the state which is composed of 11 member districts in Douglas/Sarpy counties. The transportation of students in a learning community is changed by the bill. ... More... NE Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Education Innovation Fund and Early Childhood Education Endowment L.B. 495 From the Fiscal Note: LB 495 changes the allocation of the Education Innovation Fund in FY2013-14 through FY2015-16. The fund is derived from lottery proceeds. The bill provides a new appropriation of $1 million per year for the three year period from the fund... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Home Visiting Accountability Act S.B. 365 Directs the department to provide statewide home visiting services using a standards-based program. Provides definitions for home visiting programs and systems, standards based program, and eligible families. Requires home visiting programs to do two or more o... More... AR Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Home Visiting Program S.B. 491 Requires the State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board (in conjunction with the Department of Health and Department of Human Services) to implement a voluntary family-focused home visiting services to promote prenatal care to assure health births for chil... More... P-3 English Language Learners (ELL) CT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Inappropriate Identification of ELLs Requiring Special Education H.B. 6384 Requires that any local or regional board of education identified by the Department of Education that disproportionately and inappropriately identifies English language learners as requiring special education services because such students have a reading defic... More... P-3 Ensuring Quality IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Early Education Evaluation Program H.B. 1004 Establishes the Early Education Evaluation Program to gather data concerning the school readiness of low-income children who have received early education services through providers with programs of demonstrated quality that require parental involvement in the... More... NE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) L.B. 507 Creates the Step Up to Quality Child Care Act. Directs the State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services to collaborate (1) to develop, implement, and provide oversight for a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) for part... More... WA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Legislative Task Force on Child Care Improvements SB 5595 Outlines the department of social and health services responsibilities. Establishes a legislative task force on child care improvements, lists task force members, and outlines the task force responsibilities. Requires the task force to address the creation of... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Early Learning Opportunities. H.B. 1723 Amends existing law to express intent to establish the Early Start Program to provide a continuum of high quality and accountable early learning opportunities for Washington's parents and children. Allows schools administering the Washington kindergarten inven... More... P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits CA Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Early Care and Education A.C.R. 45 Urges the legislature and the governor to restore budget funding to early care and education programs and to support efforts to fund and implement the Quality Rating and Improvement System and other programs that support early care and education. Urges legisla... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 K-3 Program Funding Eligibility H.B. 310 Partially from bill analysis: Amends the public school code to change the eligibility for the K-3 plus program (extended school year program for grades K-3) to include public schools in which 80 percent or more of the students are eligible for free or reduced-... More... P-3 Family Involvement AK Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Early Literacy and Family Involvement S.B. 57 Amends existing law and requires each school district to annually provide to parents and guardians of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade three in a public school current information on the importance of early literacy, including intervention strat... More... OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Early Reading Program H.B. 3232 (Section 2) Directs the Oregon Education Investment Board to establish the Oregon Early Reading Program to improve readiness of children preparing to enter kindergarten and improve reading proficiency by the end of third grade. Defines the mission(s) of the program that m... More... NE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Learning Communities and Learning Community Coordinating Councils L.B. 585 Changes provisions relating to learning communities. There is currently only one learning community in the state which is composed of 11 member districts in Douglas/Sarpy counties. The transportation of students in a learning community is changed by the bill. ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Home Visiting Accountability Act S.B. 365 Directs the department to provide statewide home visiting services using a standards-based program. Provides definitions for home visiting programs and systems, standards based program, and eligible families. Requires home visiting programs to do two or more o... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Early Learning Opportunities. H.B. 1723 Amends existing law to express intent to establish the Early Start Program to provide a continuum of high quality and accountable early learning opportunities for Washington's parents and children. Allows schools administering the Washington kindergarten inven... More... P-3 Finance CA Enrolled 08/2013 P-12 Preschool and Early Learning Funding A.J.R. 16 Urges Congress to enact President Barack Obama's budget proposal to increase funding for preschool and early learning. Urges the superintendent of public instruction to prepare a plan for making California competitive for future increases in federal funding to... More... CA Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Early Care and Education A.C.R. 45 Urges the legislature and the governor to restore budget funding to early care and education programs and to support efforts to fund and implement the Quality Rating and Improvement System and other programs that support early care and education. Urges legisla... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Preschool and Child Care and Development Services (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Fee Schedule for Preschool and Child Care and Development Services From bill summary: Requires the superintendent of public instruction to establish a revised fee schedule for families using preschool and child care and development services for children from infancy through age 13. Requires the superintendent to first submit ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Fees Collected for Preschool Program Participation (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Fees Collected for Preschool Program Participation From bill summary: Requires the superintendent of public instruction to annually report to the Department of Finance, on or before October 1 of each year, the fees collected from families who have children enrolled in the California state preschool program. ht... More... FL Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Subsidized Funding for Low-Income Working Parents H.B. 7165 Creates the Child Care Executive Partnership which must establish and govern the Child Care Executive Partnership Program. Program will use state and federal funds as incentives for matching local funds derived from local governments, employers, charitable fou... More... IA Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Additional Uses for Preschool Aid; Kindergarten Readiness Assmt. H.F. 215 - Division XIV Defines additional uses for preschool aid money. Allows for community-based providers to use the money for professional development, instructional equipment, materials, and other direct costs. Unused preschool money at the end of the year is to be used to buil... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Full-Day Prekindergarten Pilot H.B. 1122 - Full-Day Prekindergarten Pilot Section 1 of this bill permits the Dallas Independent School District (ISD) to implement a pilot 3-year high school diploma option. Section 2 directs the commissioner of education, beginning with the first school year following the first school year in which D... More... CO Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Early Head Start Grant Program H.B. 1291 Creates the Colorado Early Head Start (EHS) Grant Program in the Office of Early Childhood to expand enrollment of infants, toddlers and pregnant mothers in center- or home-based Early Head Start, improve quality care, provide tiered reimbursement to providers... More... IL Passed 05/2013 P-12 Advisory Committee on Education Funding S.J.R. 32 Creates the General Assembly's Advisory Committee on Education Funding to conduct a thorough review of the existing distribution methods and expenditures of education funding pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Directs the committee to make recommendations to i... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Early Learning Provisions H.F. 630 Defines the minimum annual number of instructional hours for half-day and full-day kindergarten (425 and 850 hours, respectively). Empowers districts to adopt early admissions policy for kindergartners. Describes the process for comprehensive cognitive, social... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Early Learning Scholarships H.F. 630 Establishes an Early Learning Scholarship program for families with a 3 or 4 years old (by Sept 1 of that year) with an income equal to or less than 185% of the federal poverty guidelines. Empowers Commissioner to prioritize applications based on income, geor... More... NE Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Education Innovation Fund and Early Childhood Education Endowment L.B. 495 From the Fiscal Note: LB 495 changes the allocation of the Education Innovation Fund in FY2013-14 through FY2015-16. The fund is derived from lottery proceeds. The bill provides a new appropriation of $1 million per year for the three year period from the fund... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 K-3 Program Funding Eligibility H.B. 310 Partially from bill analysis: Amends the public school code to change the eligibility for the K-3 plus program (extended school year program for grades K-3) to include public schools in which 80 percent or more of the students are eligible for free or reduced-... More... UT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Enhanced Kindergarten and Early Intervention Interactive Computer Software Program S.B. 260 - Enhanced Kindergarten and Early Intervention Interactive Computer Software Program Primarily from bill summary: Modifies the distribution of funds for enhanced kindergarten programs to districts and charter schools. Requires the state board to select technology providers for the early intervention interactive computer software program by S... More... KY Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Preschool Participation H.B. 220 Changes the birthdate for half-day preschool eligibility from October 1 to August 1, effective 2017. Repeals KRS 157.226, "Preschool program for disabled children," and moves provisions to KRS 157.3175. Requires that funds appropriated by the general assembly ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Education-Related Exemptions from Procurement Code S.B. 247 Provides exemptions to the children, youth and families department from the procurement code for services purchased pursuant to the pre-kindergarten act; contracts with businesses for public school transportation services; and procurement by or through the pub... More... P-3 Governance OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Establishing the Early Learning Division H.B. 3234 (Section 1) Establishes the Early Learning Division in the department of education. Places the division under the direction of the Early Learning Council and the responsibilities of the Early Learning Council are transferred to the Early Learning Division. Directs unexpe... More... CT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Lead Governing Agence Created - Office of Early Childhood E.O. 35 The Governor orders and directs the Office of Early Childhood to be the lead agency for the administration of programs, funding, and the coordinated system. Specifies duties and requires all executive branch agencies to collaborate and cooperate with the Offic... More... FL Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 P-3 Governance H.B. 7165 Establishes a division within the Department of Education called the Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice which must include the Office of Early Learning (OEL) and the Office of K-12 School Choice. (Sec. 20) Creates the Office of Early Learning... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Early Childhood Member of P-16 Council A.B. 259 Adds the requirement that the governor appoint a member to the P-16 Advisory Council who possesses knowledge of and experience in early childhood education programs and services for children from birth through prekindergarten. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Sessio... More... IN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Early Education Evaluation Program H.B. 1004 Establishes the Early Education Evaluation Program to gather data concerning the school readiness of low-income children who have received early education services through providers with programs of demonstrated quality that require parental involvement in the... More... NV Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Early Childhood Advisory Council A.B. 79 Establishes the Nevada Early Childhood Advisory Council as the state advisory council on early childhood education and care. Defines duties and membership. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/AB/AB79_EN.pdf   ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Prekindergarten Programs S.B. 2395 Directs the State DOE to establish a voluntary prekindergarten program to be implemented no later than 2014-15. Requires funding to be phased in. Transfers the duties and responsibilities relative to this "early learning collaborative act" from the Department ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Early Childhood Governance H.B. 184 Attaches the early childhood advisory council to the office of the governor. Amends various sections to change the name of the Early Childhood Development Authority to the Early Childhood Advisory Council. Directs the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to ... More... P-3 Grades 1-3 NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Class Size Reduction A.B. 2 Requires the board of trustees of each school district to report to the Department of Education: (1) the average daily attendance of pupils and the ratio of pupils per licensed teacher for grades 1, 2 and 3; or (2) if the school district has an alternative cl... More... P-3 Health and Mental Health CT Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. Social/Emotional Development Training in Teacher Preparation H.B. 6292 Requires any candidate entering a program of teacher preparation to complete training in social and emotional development and learning of children. The training must include instruction concerning a comprehensive, coordinated social and emotional assessment an... More... P-3 Kindergarten OR Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Early Learning Screening, Risk Assessment, Prental Care, and Special Education Inclusion H.B. 2013 (Section 1) Requires the Early Learning Council and the Department of Education to assist school districts in implementing a process that assesses children for kindergarten readiness. Requires the assistance include training on goals and implementation of the process, th... More... OR Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Early Learning Kindergarten Readiness Partnership and Innovation Program H.B. 2013 (Section 3) Establishes the Early Learning Kindergarten Readiness Partnership and Innovation Program to improve the readiness of children for kindergarten and will be administered by the Early Learning Council. Directs the Early Learning Council to provide grants which m... More... CT Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Reading Assessments for Teachers and State-Wide Reading Plan S.B. 1097 Requires K-3 teachers biennially to take a survey on reading instruction based on reading instruction examination approved by SBE or an alternative yet comparable reading instruction examination that is equivalent to the examination approved by the State Board... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Kindergarten S.B. 1447 Provides that a school district or charter school is not eligible to receive basic state aid for pupils that had not reached five years of age before September 1 of the current school year and who repeats kindergarten in the following school year. Allows scho... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Kindergarten Instruction Time S.B. 1447 Redefines half-day Kindergarten attendance from 356 hours (up from 346) to 712 (up from 692) instructional hours. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/51leg/1r/laws/0251.pdf... More... CT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Student Assessments - Readiness, 3-8, 10-11 H.B. 6623 Allows students to take their final mastery examination in grade 11 as an alternative to grade 10 beginning in the 2013-14 school year. Eliminates testing requirements for endowed or incorporated high schools, but permits such schools to base promotion or grad... More... IA Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Additional Uses for Preschool Aid; Kindergarten Readiness Assmt. H.F. 215 - Division XIV Defines additional uses for preschool aid money. Allows for community-based providers to use the money for professional development, instructional equipment, materials, and other direct costs. Unused preschool money at the end of the year is to be used to buil... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 School Readiness Pilot S.B. 486 Appropriates state funds to create a pilot program for the assessment of school readiness and for the coordination between early childhood education programs through college and workforce readiness. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/SB/SB486_EN... More... MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Early Learning Provisions H.F. 630 Defines the minimum annual number of instructional hours for half-day and full-day kindergarten (425 and 850 hours, respectively). Empowers districts to adopt early admissions policy for kindergartners. Describes the process for comprehensive cognitive, social... More... NE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Change in Kindergarten Cut-Off Age L.B. 410 - School Entrance The cutoff date remains five years on or before July 31 of the calendar year in which the school year for which the child is seeking admission begins. However, this bill changes from allowing to requiring admission of children who turn 5 between August 1 and ... More... UT Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Enhanced Kindergarten and Early Intervention Interactive Computer Software Program S.B. 260 - Enhanced Kindergarten and Early Intervention Interactive Computer Software Program Primarily from bill summary: Modifies the distribution of funds for enhanced kindergarten programs to districts and charter schools. Requires the state board to select technology providers for the early intervention interactive computer software program by S... More... ID Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Allowance for Teachers to Visit Student Parents S.B. 1057 Allows district to utilize a portion of the instructional staff allowance for teachers to visit the parents or guardians of students during the first week of the kindergarten school year. Such visits may take place at school, at the student's home or at anothe... More...