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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 Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Common Core/National Tests Assessment--End-of-Course At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Computer Science Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. 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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... 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... NY Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Participation on Preschool Special Education Committee A.B. 6881 Removes the requirement that an additional parent of a child with a disability be present at any meeting for a Committee on Preschool Special Education unless the parents of the preschool child in which the committee is for, or another member of the committee,... 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... 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... 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... HI Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Statewide School Readiness Program S.B. 1093 Establishes the Preschool Open Doors Program as the statewide school readiness program within the Department of Human Services. Requires that priority be given to 4-year-old students who were not eligible to attend public school kindergarten in the calendar ye... 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 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... 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... TN Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Pre-K Programs H.B. 839 Authorizes districts to provide enrollment in pre-kindergarten programs for any at-risk child residing in the geographic area served by the district if child is four or will become four on or before August 31 for the 2013-2014 school year and on or before Augu... 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... WV Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Early Childhood Programs S.B. 359 Requires county boards to provide education programs for all children who have attained the age of four prior to September 1 of the school year of initial enrollment. Stipulates that these programs should be full day and five days a week by the 2016-2017 schoo... 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... 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