From the ECS State Policy Database - Highlighted Policies

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Status/Date State Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added 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 Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Data-Driven Improvement Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--District Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Regional Entities Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--College Readiness High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements Instructional Approaches--Constructivism Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools International Baccalaureate Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--Principal/School Leadership Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention Mentoring/Tutoring Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues--African American Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Finance No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers No Child Left Behind--Report Cards No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 Signed into law 06/2012 IL P-12 Mathematics Curriculum Models S.B. 3244 Provides legislative findings. Directs the state board, immediately upon the effective date of this amendatory act, to coordinate the acquisition, adaptation, and development of middle and high school mathematics curriculum models to aid districts and teachers... More... Signed into law 07/2009 IL P-12, Postsec. P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System S.B. 1828 Creates the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. Requires the state board of education, the community college board, and the board of higher education to jointly establish and maintain a longitudinal data system by entering into one or more agreements ... More... Signed into law 07/2009 OH P-12 Ten-Year Strategic Plan H.B. 1 - Section 3301.122 Creates new section 3301.122. Directs the state superintendent, by December 2009, to develop a ten-year strategic plan aligned with the strategic plan for higher education developed by the chancellor of the board of regents, and to submit the plan to the legis... More... Signed into law 05/2009 MN P-12, Postsec., Community College High School-to-College Developmental Transition Programs S.B. 2083 Establishes a program to offer research-based high school-to-college programs to prepare students for college. Requires an evaluation for participating programs with a working group to develop methods and timelines for data collection and analysis of program e... More... Signed into law 05/2009 ND P-12 Commission on Education Improvement H.B. 1400 - Sec. 40, Commission on Education Improvement Amends the membership and duties of the North Dakota Commission on Education Improvement. The commission is supposed to: a. Examine the current system of delivering and financing public elementary and secondary education and shall develop recommendations addr... More... Signed into law 05/2009 OK P-12, Postsec., Community College Educational Accountability Reform Act S.B. 222 Creates the Educational Accountability Reform Act. Establishes the P-20 Data Coordinating Council and revolving fund; provides for membership, appointment, designation of officers, quorum, staff support, etc. . The Council is to advise the State Department of ... More... Signed into law 03/2009 KY P-12 Revision of State Standards S.B. 1 Section 2(2) and 13 Directs the Kentucky Department of Education, in collaboration with the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), to implement a process to revise the state content standards in reading, language arts including writing, mathematics, science, social studies, ar... More... Signed into law 03/2009 KY P-12 Core Content Standards for Introductory College Courses S.B. 1 Section 15 Within 30 days from the effective date of this Act, requires each postsecondary institution in the state to plan and implement a process to develop core academic content standards for reading and mathematics for introductory courses. Specifies that the process... More... Signed into law 03/2009 KY P-12, Postsec. Postsecondary Remediation and College Completion S.B. 1 Section 21 Provides that the general assembly finds the continuing high rates of postsecondary remediation totally unacceptable and an unwarranted additional expense to the state, students and parents who expect that completion of high school coursework should lead to su... More... Signed into law 04/2008 ME P-12, Postsec., Community College High School and Postsecondary Integration H.B. 1549 (Resolve)Directs the Department of Education to recommend to the Board of Education an innovative model of consolidated and integrated secondary and postsecondary education; concerns facilities for a regional high school, a fully integrated career and technica... More... Signed into law 04/2007 NY 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... More... Signed into law 12/2006 OH P-12, Postsec. College and Work Readiness S.B. 311-- Sec. 3301.43 Requires that the partnership for continued learning, in conjunction with the Ohio board of regents and the state board, recommend a means of assessing high school students' college and work readiness, especially in English and mathematics. The partnership is ... More... Signed into law 05/2006 FL P-12, Postsec., Community College Setting K-20 Performance Standards H.B. 7087 (Section 44) Revises language and responsibilties related to K-20 system. It is the intent of the Legislature that The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors of the State University System [new addition] recommend to the Legislature systemwide performance stan... More... Signed into law 03/2006 WA P-12 Department of Early Learning H.B. 2964 Finds that the early years of a child's life are critical to the child's healthy brain development and that the quality of caregiving during the early years can significantly impact the child's intellectual, social, and emotional development. Declares that the... More... Signed into law 08/2005 IL P-12 Advanced Placement and pre-Advanced Placement S.B. 574 Creates the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Requires a teacher of an Advanced Placement course to obtain appropriate training, subject to appropriation. Requires the State Board of Education to establish training guidelines that require teache... More... Signed into law 06/2005 FL P-12, Postsec., Community College International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE) and Advanced International Certificate of Education H.B. 579 Adds International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE) and Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) to public school choice options and to rigorous academic programs parents must have the opportunity to learn about. Adds Advance... More... Signed into law 05/2005 CO P-12, Postsec. Notice of Postsecondary Education Opportunities H.B. 1057 Beginning with the spring of 2006, requires the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to annually send the parents of all eighth-graders in public schools, prior to enrollment in ninth-grade courses, a list of courses the district offers that satisfy the sta... More... Signed into law 05/2005 CO P-12, Postsec. College Preparatory Courses/Exam Scores and Remediation H.B. 1027 Beginning in spring 2006, requires the commission on higher education to send an annual notice concerning college preparatory courses to the parent of every 11th-grade student prior to the start of grade 12 if the student took the ACT or prior to the start of ... More... Signed into law 05/2005 OH P-12, Postsec., Community College Partnership for Continued Learning S.B. 6 Establishes the "Partnership for Continued Learning" to promote systemic approaches to education.  The Partnership must (1) support regional efforts to foster collaboration among providers of preschool through postsecondary education, (2) identify the workforc... More... Signed into law 04/2005 AR P-12, Postsec. Career Counseling for Students H.B. 2868 Requires each district's student services plan to include a district-level tracking system for students who fail to reach proficiency on state-mandated assessments. Specifies that guidance and counseling services in each district's "student services program" i... More... Adopted12 02/2005 FL P-12, Postsec., Community College Articulation Among Universities, Community Colleges and School Districts FAC 6A-10.024 Each state university board of trustees, community college board of trustees and district school board must plan and adopt policies and procedures to provide articulated programs so that students can proceed toward their educational objectives as rapidly as th... More... Signed into law 06/2004 TN Postsec., Community College Master Plan for Higher Education H.B. 2865 Deleted and replaced a previous sub-section of law. Requires development of a master plan for future development of public higher education, including technology centers; requires the master plan to include specific goals, including: (A) Increasing educationa... More... Signed into law 03/2004 WA P-12, Postsec. Higher Education Remedial Education S.B. 5139 Requires the higher education coordinating board, the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board for community and technical colleges to convene a work group to (a) Discuss standards and expectations for the knowledge and skills hig... More... P-3 P-3 Child Care P-3 Content Standards and Assessment P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) P-3 Ensuring Quality P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits P-3 Family Involvement P-3 Finance P-3 Governance P-3 Grades 1-3 P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten P-3 Preschool Parent/Family Partnerships--University/School Postsecondary Postsecondary Accountability Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills Postsecondary Affordability Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants Postsecondary Faculty Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure Postsecondary Finance Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding Postsecondary Governance and Structures Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent Postsecondary Online Instruction Postsecondary Participation--Access Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements Postsecondary Participation--Outreach Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional Postsecondary Students--Low-Income Postsecondary Students--Minority Postsecondary Success Postsecondary Success--Completion Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation Proficiency-Based Approaches Promising Practices Promotion/Retention Public Involvement Reading/Literacy Remediation (K-12) Scheduling/School Calendar Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School Scheduling/School Calendar--Year School Safety School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault School/District Structure/Operations School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) School/District Structure/Operations--School Size School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation Social/Emotional Learning and Non-Cognitive Skills Special Education Special Education--Finance Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) Special Education--Transition Special Populations--Corrections Education Special Populations--Foster Care Special Populations--Gifted and Talented Special Populations--Homeless Education Standards Standards--Common Core State Standards State Longitudinal Data Systems State Policymaking State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions STEM Student Achievement Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap Students Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities Students--Mobility Students--Records/Rights Teaching Quality Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring Teaching Quality--Preparation Teaching Quality--Professional Development Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining Technology Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware Technology--Funding Issues Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training Textbooks and Open Source Urban