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From the ECS State Policy Database - Highlighted Policies


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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 state.

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Signed into law 08/2012

Governance--Regional Entities


P-12
BOCES Contracts with Out-of-State Districts
A.B. 10205
Permits boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES) to enter into contracts of up to two years with out-of-state districts for special education and/or career/technical education services, or for the use of existing products that demonstrate how to map ...

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Signed into law 08/2012

P-3 Content Standards and Assessment


P-12
Birth-5 Standards, Guidelines, and Criteria
A.B. 7591
Directs the department of education, the office of children and family services and the department of health, each to identify and review existing standards, guidelines and criteria for education, development or learning in programs under its jurisdiction for ...

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Signed into law 04/2007

Accountability--Reporting Results


P-12
Student Progress Reports
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 2
Provides that by July 1, 2008, a student progress report must be prepared for all students. States that the progress report must provide parents with information on their child's performance on state assessments over multiple years of testing, and must also ex...

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Signed into law 04/2007

P-16 or P-20


P-12
Teacher Preparation Program Effectiveness and P-16 Data System
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 4
Directs the commissioner to evaluate the effectiveness of all teacher preparation programs in the state, and the timelines and costs of developing or modifying data systems to collect the necessary data. Provides the study must consider measuring the effective...

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Vetoed 08/2006

Health--Mental Health


P-12
Centers of Excellence in Culturally and Linguistically Competent Mental Health
A.B. 9593
Directs the office of mental health to establish two centers of excellence in culturally competent mental health to investigate and disseminate the best practices for the delivery of culturally competent mental health services to underserved populations affect...

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Signed into law 07/2006

Finance


P-12
Reporting Illegal or Inappropriate Financial Practices
A.B. 8925
Provides protection to any employee of a school district board of cooperative educational services or charter school who having reasonable cause to suspect that the fiscal practices or actions of an employee or officer of a school district, board of cooperativ...

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Signed into law 08/2005

Health


P-12
Using school space to improve student access to health
S.B. 5352
Provides for the utilization of school space to improve student access to health, dental and mental health clinic services through interagency collaboration. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=s5352...

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Signed into law 09/2003

Background Checks


P-12
Background Checks-Supplemental Education Services
S.B. 5546
Requires that a criminal background check be performed on any individual who is employed by a supplemental education services provider....

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