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 Signed into law 07/2013 MO 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... Signed into law 06/2013 TX 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... Signed into law 06/2013 TX 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... Signed into law 08/2012 NY 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 ... More... Signed into law 04/2012 FL P-12 Career Themed Courses, Career Academies, and Workforce Alignment H.B. 7059 - Career Themed Courses, Career Academies, and Workforce Alignment Defines "career-themed course" as a course or series of courses leading to industry certification, and aligned with priority workforce needs established by the regional workforce board or the department of economic opportunity. Permits two or more districts to... More... Signed into law 04/2012 KY P-12 Career Pathways S.B. 38 - Career Pathways Sections 1-2: Establishes legislative intent to provide rigorous academic and career and technical education programs that are relevant for all students and that encourage at-risk students to graduate from high school prepared to enter postsecondary education ... More... Signed into law 07/2011 IA P-12, Community College Pathways for Academic Career and Employment Act H.F. 645 - Multiple Provisions "Pathways for Academic Career and Employment Act" . Establishes a pathways for academic career and employment program to provide funding to community colleges for the development of projects in coordination with the department of economic development, the depa... More... SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 07/2011 RI P-12 Career and Technical Reporting Metrics H.B. 6219 Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to promulgate regulations pertaining to career and technical education and to report annually to the House and Senate on the following:      (1) The total number of students attending career and tec... More... Signed into law 05/2011 GA P-12 Career, Technical and Agricultural Courses H.B. 186 - Career, Technical and Agricultural Courses By July 2012, directs the state board to approve department-developed models and curriculum frameworks for 16 areas of career/technical education study. Requires that the competencies and curricula for career, technical and agricultural courses include state ... More... Signed into law 06/2010 TN P-12, Community College Cost of Licensing Tests for Adult Students with Financial Need H.B. 2645 Requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in conjunction with the Department of Education, to develop, implement, and administer a program for the payment of the cost of licensing tests for adult students with financial need who complete a hi... More... Signed into law 06/2009 TX P-12, Postsec., Community College Increasing Workforce in High-Demand and "Green" Occupations H.B. 1935 and H.B. 3, Section 64 Establishes the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant program and fund to award grants to public junior colleges and public technical institutes, and to eligible nonprofit organizations to: (1) Develop or support nonprofit organizations' programs that pre... More... Adopted 05/2009 OH P-12 Career/Technical Education Programs OAC 3301-61-03 Amends criteria for secondary workforce development (career/technical education) programs. Requires all workforce development programs to be approved by the state department of education. Specifies that technical and academic course offerings in state-approved... More... Signed into law 06/2008 VT P-12, Community College Access to Technical Education H.B. 885 Relates to economic and workforce development. Section 11 of this bill (The Adult technical education; workforce education and training; report) requires the commissioner of education to: (1)  Outline and review the current method or methods by which tuition ... 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 03/2008 WA P-12, Postsec., Community College Career and Technical Education Act S.B. 6377 The bill requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction (OSPI) to develop a re-approval schedule for all career and technical education (CTE) programs and must establish performance measures and targets for CTE programs in specified areas. Dis... More... Signed into law 06/2007 FL P-12, Postsec. Workforce and Career Preparation S.B. 1232 Creates the State Career and Professional Education Act to improve academic performance and to respond to workforce needs; requires a school district to develop strategic plans to address and meet local and regional workforce needs and to establish a career an... More... Signed into law 03/2007 ID P-12 Professional-Technical Regional Public Charter Schools S.B. 1088 Allows for the creation of "professional-technical regional public charter schools." Provides that a professional-technical regional public charter school must meet the standards and qualifications established by the division of professional-technical educatio... 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 06/2006 LA P-12, Community College Early College/Dual Enrollment S.B. 749 Requires and provides incentives for high schools and postsecondary institutions to maximize the shared use of facilities, technology, faculty, and other resources to provide articulated and reciprocal technical training to high school students and recent high... More... Signed into law 05/2006 FL P-12 Providing a Comprehensive Education H.B. 7087 (Section 10) District school boards and superintendents must prescribe and adopt standards and policies to provide each student the opportunity to receive a complete education program, including language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, health, physical educati... More... Signed into law 05/2006 FL P-12 Career and Professional Academies H.B. 7087 (Section 27) Creates career and professional academies, defined as a research-based program that integrates a rigorous academic curriculum with an industry-driven career curriculum. The academies may be offered by public schools, school districts, or the Florida Virtual Sc... More... Signed into law 05/2006 GA P-12 Career and Technical Education Oversight Commission H.B. 1228 Creates the Career and Technical Education Oversight Commission. Requires the head of the career and technical education program of the department of education to report annually to the commission regarding the conditions, needs, issues and problems of the pr... More... Signed into law 05/2006 LA P-12, Postsec., Community College High School/Community College Linkages H.B. 1023 Requires the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to work with Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to improve linkages and career and technical education pathways between high schools and community and technical colleges. Re... More... Signed into law 05/2006 VT P-12, Postsec., Community College Commission to Develop the Next Generation Initiative S.B. 312 Relates to higher education. Creates a commission to develop the next generation initiative to encourage Vermonters to live and work in Vermont. Proposes the commission consider a broad range of ideas to meet this goal, including: (1)  Strategies to ensure t... More... Signed into law 03/2006 WA P-12, Community College Apprenticeship Programs H.B. 2789 Requires the following to be implemented to expand opportunities for secondary school students to prepare for technical careers and related apprenticeships: (1) Centers of excellence and other colleges with a high density of apprenticeship programs shall act a... More... Adopted 12/2005 DE P-12 Requirements for Career Technical Education Programs 14 DAC 525 All school districts and charter schools that offer state approved career technical education programs must: a) have the approval of the Department of Education before implementing new programs; b) have adequate funding to support and sustain the instructional... More... Signed into law 09/2005 CA P-12 Career Education Data on State Report Cards H.B. 1609 An act to amend Section 33126 of the Education Code, relating to vocational education. This bill would amend the act to also require the school accountability report card to include assessment of career-technical education data measures, such as the number of ... More... Signed into law 06/2005 LA P-12, Postsec. TOPS-Tech Early Start Awards S.B. 355 AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:3048.5. Establishes the TOPS-Tech Early Start Award as part of the Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Students for eligible 11th- and 12th-grade students attending Louisiana public high schools. States that a TOPS-Tech Early Star... More... Signed into law 05/2005 SC P-12, Postsec., Community College South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act H.B. 3155 Adds a new chapter (59) establishing the South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act. Provides for the development of a curriculum organized around a career cluster system that must provide students with both strong academics and real-world problem s... More... Signed into law 05/2005 TN P-12, Postsec., Community College Notification of Potential Career Opportunities S.B. 709 Adds new subsection 49-7-202. Requires the commission, with the assistance of the University of Tennessee system and the state university and community college system, to develop information concerning the potential career opportunities in each curriculum or m... More... Signed into law 03/2005 VA P-12 Entrepreneurship Education Program S.B. 969 Creates the Entrepreneurship Education Program, consisting of grants administered by the state board to public secondary schools to support innovative educational programs designed to assist students in the development of their entrepreneurial, academic, and l... More... 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