From the ECS State Policy Database Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation

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. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Overhaul of Teacher and Administrator Licensure S.B. 1799 Effective June 30, 2012, repeals 105 ILCS 5/21-1a on teacher certification exams. Effective June 30, 2013, repeals statutory provisions on (... More... OR Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Preparation H.B. 3474 Directs preparation of plan to encourage national board certification for teachers and administrators. Requires creation of comprehensive le... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Principal Appraisal and Performance Development S.B. 1383 Requires districts to appraise each principal annually. Directs the commissioner to establish by rule and administer a comprehensive princip... More... AL Adopted 05/2010 P-12 Teacher Leader 290-3-3-52.01 Creates new rules related to Teacher Leader programs. Establishes rationale, criteria for admission to teacher leader programs, teacher lead... More... AL Adopted 05/2010 P-12 Instructional Leadership 290-3-3-53.01 Creates new rules related to Instructional Leadership programs. Establishes rationale, criteria for admission to instructional leader progra... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Teacher and Administration Preparation Programs H.B. 2298 Requires the state board of education (SBE): (1) To allow a variety of teacher and administrator preparation program providers to offer a va... More... NM Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. School Leadership Institute S.B. 85 Creates the School Leadership Institute to provide a comprehensive and cohesive framework for preparing, mentoring and providing professiona... More... TX Partial Rule Adoption 10/2009 P-12 Principal Certificate 19 TAC 7.241.241.1, .5, .10, .15, .20, .25, .30, .35 Amends rules concerning provisions for the issuance and renewal of the principal certificate. Requires a principal or assistant principal em... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Principal Mentoring and Master Principal Designation Program H.B. 737 Amends provisions related to the new principal mentoring program. Provides that principals hired on or after July 1, 2008 may participate in... More... IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Mentoring for New Superintendents S.B. 1276 Requires any individual, with exceptions, who begins serving as a first-time superintendent in the state on or after July 1, 2009 to partici... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Financial Reporting and Minimum Standards H.B. 1 - Section 3301.07 Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1:Modifies the current requirement for the state board to develop a standard for reporting financial ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Quality of Preparation Programs for Teachers and Other School Personnel H.B. 1 - Section 3301.12, 3301.42, 3333.048 and 3333.048 Partly from DOE summary of H.B. 1: Directs the superintendent of public instruction, jointly with the chancellor of the board of regents, to... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School Leadership Pilot Program for Principals H.B. 4435 Clarifies requirement for mandatory participation in the School Leadership Pilot Program for Principals. Specifies that only a principal who... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School Leadership Pilot Program H.B. 3 - Section 9 Clarifies language in Section 11.203 regarding participation in the school leadership pilot program for principals. Specifies that an indivi... More... AL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Superintendent Professional Development and Induction S.B. 262 Directs the School Superintendents of Alabama to administer a professional development program for school superintendents of education. Requ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Professional Development H.B. 2261-Section 401-402, Professional Development Section 401-402 recognizes the important of professional development for teachers, principals and administrators. By January 1, 2010, the pr... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Improving Writing S.B. 1 Section 17 Provides that whereas the quality of writing instruction is directly related to how well teachers are prepared in their teacher preparation ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Parental Involvement H.B. 1272 Requires each school's parental involvement plan to provide instruction to parents on how to incorporate developmentally appropriate learnin... More... RI Adopted 03/2009 P-12 Standards for Educational Leadership Standards for Educational Leadership Establishes the standards for educational leadership in Rhode Island to provide an outline of the knowledge, skills and dispositions for edu... More... NY Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 S.B. 8497 Requires that each certified school administrator or supervisor assigned on or after September 2, 2009 to be a special education administrat... More... CO Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 School Leadership Academy H.B. 1386 Creates the school leadership academy program within the Department of Education to provide comprehensive leadership and professional traini... More... MS Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Additional Training of School Board Members in Certain Districts S.B. 2416 Relates to local school board members; increases the annual training requirements for local school board members in districts with failing s... More... IL Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Mentoring Program for New Principals 23 IAC 35.10 thru .70 Creates new sections establishing rules for program created in statute to pair first-year principals with experienced principals in a year-l... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Standards for School Administrator Preparation Programs H.B. 536 Directs the State Board of Education to adopt new standards for school administrator preparation programs offered by institutions of higher ... More... PA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Leadership H.B. 842, Sections on Leadership Section 3 is amended to require that any superintendent candidate has completed a program that included the Pennsylvania leadership standard... More... OK Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 District Administrator Qualifications H.B. 1477 Revises qualifications necessary for district superintendents. The certification requirements for a superintendent of schools not alternativ... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School Administrator Standards S.F. 277 (Section 2 and 3) Directs the director of the department of education to develop Iowa standards for school administrators, including knowledge and skill crite... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Administrator Mentoring and Induction Program S.F. 277 (Section 10) Strikes section 272.9A, which directed the board of educational examiners to adopt rules for administrator professional development programs... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Training of board members H.B. 2514 Amends the commission on closing the achievement gap in Arkansas to provide training for commission members. Modifies term lengths of commis... More... KY Adopted 10/2006 P-12 Effective Instructional Leadership Act 704 KAR 3:325 Establishes rules regarding effective Instructional Leadership Act. Regards criteria for the program. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/704/003/325.... More... LA Adopted 08/2006 P-12 Louisiana Educational Leaders Induction (LELI) Program LAC 28:CXV.507 Clarifies eligibility requirements for issuance of Educational Leader certificates allowing more effective implementation of new Educational... More... IL Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Principal Certification, Mentoring and Evaluation S.B. 860 Requires the state board to establish a new principal mentoring program to allow experienced principals to serve as mentors to new principal... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Beginning Administrator Mentoring and Induction Program H.B. 2792 - Section 28 - 30 Creates a beginning administrator mentoring and induction program to promote excellence in school leadership, improve classroom instruction,... More... CO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Principal Evaluations and Development H.B. 1001 Concerns principals in public schools; requires the state board of education to direct the department of education annually to survey school... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Leader Professional Development H.B. 7087 (Section 63) There is established the William Cecil Golden Professional Development Program for school leaders to provide high standards and sustained su... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Redesigning Leadership Preparation and Professional Development Programs H.J.R. 14 Directs the executive director of the Education Professional Standards Board with the cooperation of the commissioner of education and the p... More... CA 09/2005 P-12 Administrator Training Program H.B. 430 This bill would change the name of the Principal Training Program to the Administrator Training Program and would change the reference "scho... More... MS Rule Adoption 08/2005 P-12 Validated Personnel Appraisal Instrument Uncodified Amends rules concerning the Validated Personnel Appraisal Instrument for superintendents, central office staff, and principals. Increases th... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Instructional Leadership H.B. 301 Effective July 2006, requires an instructional leader to complete an intensive annual training program of a minimum of 21 hours a year and a... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting H.B. 1568 Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial repor... More... OK Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2005 P-12 Alternative Licensure and Certification of Administrative Personnel OAC 210:20-9-188 Establishes emergency rules to identify requirements for individuals seeking alternative certification as a school administrator and adds co... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Areas of Instruction in the Principal Training Program A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions) SEC. 8: This bill would require that instruction and training in the Principal Training Program run by the state superintendent include inst... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Principal Training Program A.B. 164 Authorizes training plans for high school principals to include professional development activities that include coaching, mentorship, assis... More... HI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Education Reform H.B. 2002 The education reform in this Act shall be known as the "Reinventing Education Act of 2004." The provisions include (1) establishing a weight... More... MI Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 School Administrator Continuing Education S.B. 1073 Clarifies requirement for school administrator continuing education as occurring each 5-year period following initial employment. http://ww... More... CO Signed by Governor 05/2004 P-12 Educator Licensure H.B. 1104 Concerns educator licensure. Provides requirements for authorization of adjunct instructor, special services intern, emergency applicant, te... More... MI Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Teacher Fees S.B. 1016 Amends the School Code to expand uses of teacher certification fees to include the teacher and administrator professional development and ot... More... WA Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Postsec. School District Superintendent Credentialing S.B. 6407 Concerns school district superintendent credential preparation programs; eliminates the requirement that the training for such credential be... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Master School Principal Programs S.B. 46 Improves school performance by creating the master school principal program; provides for annual bonuses for qualified principals serving in... More... MI Signed into law 11/2003 P-12 Principal Leadership Academy H.B. 4714 Establishes a principal leadership academy for training for school principals.... More... NY Rule Adoption 07/2003 P-12 Requirements for Educational Leadership Programs NYCRR 8 52.21 Amends rules improving the preparation of education leaders by establishing new requirements for college programs that prepare school busine... More... OK Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Oklahoma Commission For Teacher Preparation H.B. 1169 Makes an appropriation to the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation; states purposes; provides for the budgeting of funds in certain c... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Community College Schools H.B. 744 Changes repealer from 2003 to 2007 on 1) the School Crisis Management Program, 2) the transfer of the industrial and adult short-term traini... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Performance-Based Principal Preparation Programs S.B. 152 Requires the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to approve a plan by July 1, 2003 for establishing the program requirements for princip... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards H.B. 853 Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi... More... IA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Teacher Induction, Evaluation, Early Retirement Incentives, Administrator Preparation and Certification, Minimum Teacher Salary Requirements, Statewide Career Path Pilot Program H.B. 2549 Requires state board to establish standards for district and area education agency career development programs and for individual teacher ca... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Extended Day/Year Program Funding, Field Trip Costs, Provision of Staff Development, School Board Member and Principal Development Requirements H.B. 494 Allows any local school district to fund extended day and -year programs for kindergarten or compulsory age students through sources other t... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Administrator Sabbatical Leave Program Extended S.B. 2229 Extends the automatic repealer in the school administrator sabbatical leave program.... More...