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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| MT | to governor 02/18/2013 | 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,...
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| VA | Signed into law 02/22/2013 | 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 a...
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| VA | To governor 02/14/2013 | 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 occupation...
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| VA | Signed into law 02/22/2013 | 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 a...
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| VA | Signed into law 02/22/2013 | 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 Ed...
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| AR | To governor 02/14/2013 | 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 ...
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| Finance--District |
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| VA | To governor 02/14/2013 | 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 staffi...
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| MT | to governor 02/13/2013 | 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 ex...
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| VA | To governor 02/22/2013 | 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 reelec...
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| VA | To governor 02/22/2013 | 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 s...
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| Health--Mental Health |
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| VA | Signed into law 02/13/2013 | 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 designat...
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| VA | To governor 02/22/2013 | 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 o...
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| VA | Signed into law 02/22/2013 | 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 reassi...
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| VA | To governor 02/20/2013 | P-12 | School personnel evaluation policies and grievance procedures.
S.B. 1223
Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and to the grievance procedure process. Re...
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| VA | To governor 02/20/2013 | P-12 | School personnel evaluation policies and grievance procedures.
S.B. 1223
Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and to the grievance procedure process. Re...
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| VA | Signed into law 02/22/2013 | 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 reassi...
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| Middle School |
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| VA | To governor 02/20/2013 | P-12 | P-3 Literacy & Middle Grades Math Interventions
S.B. 1171
Requires local school divisions to provide early intervention services to preschool to grade three students who demonstrate deficiencies bas...
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| VA | To governor 02/20/2013 | P-12 | P-3 Literacy & Middle Grades Math Interventions
S.B. 1171
Requires local school divisions to provide early intervention services to preschool to grade three students who demonstrate deficiencies bas...
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| VA | To governor 02/18/2013 | Postsec. | Preservation of Postsecondary Student Data
H.B. 2088
Provides that in the event of a postsecondary school closure, the school shall transfer the academic and financial records of its students t...
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| MT | to governor 02/13/2013 | Postsec. | Eliminates Student Loan Advisory Council
S.B. 87
Eliminates the student loan advisory council. The Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education (OCHE) has had difficulties finding individ...
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| SD | SIGNED BY GOVERNOR H.J. 348 02/12/2013 | Postsec.
Community College | revise certain provisions regarding the students eligible for resident tuition benefits at universities controlled by the Board of Regents.
H.B. 1012
The bill allows for South Dakota residents who graduated from a South Dakota high school to be eligible for resident tuition rates at instit...
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| MT | Signed into law 02/05/2013 | Community College | Community College Funding
H.B. 25
Revises the community college state appropriation calculation to eliminate duplicate funding (by both levies and state appropriations) in ex...
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| Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
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| PA | Signed into law 02/20/2013 | Postsec. | Monetary Penalties Imposed by Consent Decree Agreements
S.B. 187 (Act No. 1)
This legislation applies to an institution of higher education that, pursuant to an agreement with a governing body, pays a monetary penalty...
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
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| VA | To governor 02/18/2013 | Postsec. | Preservation of Postsecondary Student Data
H.B. 2088
Provides that in the event of a postsecondary school closure, the school shall transfer the academic and financial records of its students t...
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| VA | Signed into law 02/13/2013 | 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 designat...
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| MT | Signed into law 02/05/2013 | Community College | Community College Funding
H.B. 25
Revises the community college state appropriation calculation to eliminate duplicate funding (by both levies and state appropriations) in ex...
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| AR | To governor 02/11/2013 | P-12 | Common Statewide Spring Break
H.B. 1134
Sets a common, statewide Spring Break holiday. Specifies holiday will begin on the 38th week of the school year.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar....
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| School Safety |
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| AR | To governor 02/14/2013 | P-12 | School Safety Study
S.B. 93
Requires a study on the readiness, capabilities of public schools in the states to prevent, respond to acts of violence against students and...
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| VA | To governor 02/14/2013 | P-12 | Criminal Incident Reports
H.B. 1864
Clarifies that a local law enforcement agency is not required to file delinquency charges and that a school and a local law-enforcement agen...
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| VA | To governor 02/22/2013 | P-12 | Bullying Policies
H.B. 1871
Defines the term "bullying." Requires school boards to include in their codes of student conduct policies and procedures that include a proh...
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| Student Supports--Remediation |
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| VA | To governor 02/22/2013 | P-12 | Math Remediation for Middle Grades Students
H.B. 1350
Requires local school divisions to provide targeted mathematics remediation and intervention to students in grades six through eight who sho...
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| VA | To governor 02/22/2013 | 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 o...
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| VA | Signed into law 02/22/2013 | P-12 | Provisional Licensure for Teach for America Teachers
S.B. 1175
Creates a two-year provisional licenses for Teach for America (TFA) teachers. The Board of Education may extend each TFA license for one add...
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| VA | To governor 02/20/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Performance Pay
H.B. 2083/S.B. 1185
Establishes the Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative and Fund. Provides that local school divisions may submit proposals to Board of Educ...
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| VA | To governor 02/23/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Evaluation
S.B. 1167
Requires the Department of Education to develop student growth indicators by October 1, 2014, to be used in the accreditation of schools and...
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| VA | To governor 02/20/2013 | P-12 | School personnel evaluation policies and grievance procedures.
S.B. 1223
Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and to the grievance procedure process. Re...
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| VA | To governor 02/14/2013 | P-12 | Confidentiality of Teacher Evaluation Data
H.B. 1889
Requires performance indicators, or other data used by the local school board to judge the growth or quality of a teacher, to be kept confid...
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| VA | To governor 02/20/2013 | P-12 | School personnel evaluation policies and grievance procedures.
S.B. 1223
Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and to the grievance procedure process. Re...
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| VA | To governor 02/20/2013 | P-12 | School personnel evaluation policies and grievance procedures.
S.B. 1223
Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and to the grievance procedure process. Re...
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| AR | To governor 02/07/2013 | P-12 | Student Use of Electronic Devices
H.B. 1015
Allows public school districts to establish policies regarding student use of electronic communication devices while at school.
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